The bear and the wildcat
Yumoto, Kazumi2011
Book
"One morning Bear was crying. His best friend, a little bird, was dead." Bear keeps little bird in a box, but no one understands what he feels until one day he meets a perceptive wildcat. A touching picture book about loneliness, grief and loss, ending with a positive new beginning. It shows a way through paralysing grief and simultaneously tells the story of a budding new friendship.
Main title:
The bear and the wildcat / written by Kazumi Yumoto and illustrated by Komako Sakai ; translated by Cathy Hirano.
Work:
Imprint:
Wellington, N.Z. : Gecko Press, 2011, c2008.
Collation:
[48] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 x 25 cm.
Notes:
First published in Japan in 2008 with the title 'Kuma to Yamaneko' by Kawade Shobo Shinsha Publishers.Originally published in Japanese as: Kuma to yamaneko. Japan: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2008.
Audience:
For primary school age.
Shelving notes:
21952 1 20-01-2012 0 jeabec 20-01-2012 7
ISBN:
9781877467707
Dewey class:
895.636
Language:
EnglishJapanese
Added title:
Subject:
BRN:
128274
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | Junior Picture Book | Y | Available |