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The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale
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The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale Paperback - 1999

by Lydia Dabcovich (Illustrator)

A lonely old woman adopts, cares for, and raises a polar bear as if he were her own son, until jealous villagers threaten the bear's life, forcing him to leave his home and his "mother," in a retelling of a traditional Inuit folktale.


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A lonely old woman adopts, cares for, and raises a polar bear as if he were her own son, until jealous villagers threaten the bear's life, forcing him to leave his home and his "mother," in a retelling of a traditional Inuit folktale.

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A lonely old woman adopts, cares for, and raises a polar bear as if he were her own son in this retelling of a traditional Inuit folktale.

When jealous villagers threaten the bear's life, he is forced to leave his home and his "mother."

"The story gives a picture of motherly love toward an 'adopted child, ' one the woman will love always. Heartwarming." --School Library Journal

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WAY UP NORTH, all alone in a little hut at the edge of an Inuit village, there lived an old woman.

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  • Title The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale
  • Author Lydia Dabcovich (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 37
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarion Books, New York
  • Date March 29, 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780395975671 / 0395975670
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 10.31 x 0.12 in (22.86 x 26.19 x 0.30 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 660
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96004780
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.245

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"A whimsical tale in which an old Eskimo-Inuit woman adopts an orphan polar bear cub that provides food for her as it grows up. When the men of the village grow jealous of the animal's superior hunting ability and decide to kill it, she sends it away. . . . Illustrated in muted pastel colors, the pictures capture this stark, yet beautiful, winter world. The clothing styles are of Greenland Inuit but the landscape could be anywhere in the Arctic. The author gives explanations about the background and her research into Inuit tales. A heartwarming selection to fill requests for multicultural picture books and/or books on this region." School Library Journal

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