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Johnson, Mariana Ruiz

I Know a Bear

24 pp. | Random/Schwartz & Wade | September, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-385-38614-2 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-385-38615-9 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-385-38616-6
(4) PS The young narrator repeats vivid descriptions a bear (who's now in a zoo) gives her about his original "vast and wondrous" home. Most of the book feels fantastical and whimsical and the respect-animals message is sweet, but the vague ending (the girl wordlessly releases her pet bird) may confuse young kids. The subdued graphite drawings possess a dreamlike quality.
Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

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