Little One
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
A touching exploration of love and new discoveries, seen through the eyes of a bear and her cub.
Big Bear stepped out of her winter den. By her side, half asleep and blinking in the spring sunshine, wobbled a tiny cub...
Spring is here and new life is stirring. There is so much for Big Bear to teach her new cub as they step out into the forest. Their journey will take them through summer and autumn and winter, always together, always discovering.
With its evocative charcoal drawings and lyrical storytelling, Jo Weaver's debut book has the feel of an instant classic and has been longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2016.
Jo Weaver was shortlisted for the AOI Illustration New Talent Awards 2014.
Visit Jo at joweaver.co.uk
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Gorgeously drafted charcoal artwork and understated writing create a yearlong journey for two bears in this terrifically self-assured first book from British author-artist Weaver. As Big Bear and Little One emerge from their den, it's evident that this is the younger bear's first experience of spring. "There's so much to discover in your new world," the bear's mother explains. The pages that follow are full of moments of teaching and learning, from "how to be gentle with friends" (a family of hedgehogs stares up, not without some nervousness, at the much larger bears) to how to catch fish and swim. Weaver's charcoals make exceptional use of a full range of whites, grays, and blacks in one night scene, the bears stand in silhouette against a darkening sky, tiny stars spattered overhead and she's equally adept at conveying the bears' massive, furry bulk as she is at the delicate grasses and dry autumn leaves of their forest surroundings. A reassuring togetherness carries the bears, and readers, forward as the book comes full circle with the return of winter. Ages 3 7.
