And truth be told, I actually was more than a bit embarrassed and even rather angry at having to read a book such as this, such as Little Bear at the age of ten, seeing that I was reading advanced children's literature in German before we immigrated to Canada, but Little Bear really did much improve my English and both Else Minarik's narrative and Maurice Sendak's illustrations also were just so incredibly sweet and evocative that I absolutely did fall in love with Little Bear, his mother and the other characters. My sister (who was five at the time) received the book as a present when she started grade one in September 1976, but I ended up hijacking it for a while, as I wanted to practice reading English and Little Bear was at that time just the right level of difficulty for me. Yes, I vaguely but nostalgically do remember Else Holmelund Minarik's Little Bear from the time we immigrated from Germany to Canada when I was ten. This is one of the books from James Mustich's 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die A Life-Changing List. Of course, if you are going to read this, you definitely have to do the voices for Little Bear, Mother Bear, and all of the animals. Little Bear also comes off as a bit whiny. It felt a bit like the author wrote a book leveraging animals with the hope that using animals would carry the book. This book had decent illustrations, but it didn't have the same magic as Winnie the Pooh. Perhaps he was killed by hunters off page because we never hear from him. I'm not sure what happened to Daddy Bear.
The combination of Else Holmelund Minarik's simple, yet eloquent, stories and Maurice Sendak's warm, tender illustrations have made this beloved character an enduring favorite among beginning readers.Little Bear is a collection of four short stories which focuses primarily on Little Bear, his animals friends, and Mother Bear. This is the first of the five classic books about Little Bear, introducing the funny and strikingly childlike bear cub and his friends.
Children will be entranced by Little Bear's trip to the moon, his birthday party, and his wishes and adventures. Contents read like new.Įnter the world of Little Bear. Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.ĭust jacket is clean and fully in tact a few small sealed edge tears.īook itself is excellent slight bending to cover boards. Mega rare TRUE 1st printing of this children's classic, indicated by the $1.95 price on front panel of dust jacket, w/ publisher listed as Harper & Brothers Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik / illustrated by Maurice Sendak FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING HARPER & BROTHERS
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