Cover of The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale

The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale

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.

Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 40 pages

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