Author: Rafi Zabor Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 0393244393 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 477
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Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction "A hilarious, richly imagined bear's eye view of love, music, alienation, manhood and humanity…that recalls Pynchon at his most controlled." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) The hero of this sensational debut novel is an alto-sax virtuoso trying to evolve a personal style out of Coltrane and Rollins. He also happens to be a walking, talking, Blake- and Shakespeare-quoting bear whose musical, spiritual, and romantic adventures add up to perhaps the best novel, ursine or human, ever written about jazz.
Author: Andrew Krivak Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press ISBN: 1942658710 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages :
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From National Book Award in Fiction finalist Andrew Krivak comes a gorgeous fable of Earth’s last two human inhabitants, and a girl’s journey home In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how to fish and hunt, the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last of humankind. But when the girl finds herself alone in an unknown landscape, it is a bear that will lead her back home through a vast wilderness that offers the greatest lessons of all, if she can only learn to listen. A cautionary tale of human fragility, of love and loss, The Bear is a stunning tribute to the beauty of nature’s dominion. Andrew Krivak is the author of two previous novels: The Signal Flame, a Chautauqua Prize finalist, and The Sojourn, a National Book Award finalist and winner of both the Chautauqua Prize and Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He lives with his wife and three children in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Jaffrey, New Hampshire, in the shadow of Mount Monadnock, which inspired much of the landscape in The Bear.
Author: Else Holmelund Minarik Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0064440141 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 68
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Little Bear and his friends are on hand to welcome Father Bear home from his fishing trip. 'Little Bear has endeared himself as a character with irresistible, child-like charm.' -- H.
Author: Poppy Bishop Publisher: Tiger Tales ISBN: 9781680102444 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 32
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Friends Fox, Rabbit, Hedgehog, and Mouse all love to read. One day, they find a book in the woods and set off to return it to its owner, Bear. When they arrive at Bear’s house, they discover shelves and shelves of books. A dream come true as they read story after story until Bear comes home!
Author: Anthony Browne Publisher: ISBN: 9780140553574 Category : Animal welfare Languages : en Pages : 32
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Bear takes a walk in town and uses his magic pencil to rescue his new animal friends from an evil man in black. Suggested level: junior.
Author: Katie Cleminson Publisher: Hyperion ISBN: 9781423145622 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 32
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Otto lives in a book and is happiest when his story is being read. But Otto has a secret: when no one is looking and the mood strikes, Otto walks right off of his book's pages! Full color.
Author: Rafi Zabor
Author: Andrew Krivak
Author: Else Holmelund Minarik
Author: Else Holmelund Minarik
Author: Jim Arnosky
Author: Benjamin Chaud
Author: Rafi Zabor
Author: Poppy Bishop
Author: Anthony Browne
Author: Katie Cleminson