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The Biggest Bear
by Ward, Lynd
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very good. Top: pink remainder mark. Near fine, unmarked. Slight edge wear.
- ISBN 10
- 0395150248
- ISBN 13
- 9780395150245
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Boston.: Houghton Mifflin., 1973. Later printing. 1980 author renewal of 1952 copyright.. Trade paperback. Very good. Top: pink remainder mark. Near fine, unmarked. Slight edge wear.. 1 Trade paperback. Picture book. Glued binding. 85 p. 27 cm. Artwork: sepia tones. Audience: Children/juvenile. Caldecott Medal winner; great artwork. "Johnny Orchard lived on the farm farthest up the valley and closest to the woods, " the tale begins. Orchard's orchard had apple trees, the only ones. Johnny had bearskin envy, seeing skins nailed to other barns in the valley. One day he brought a cub bear from the woods to his farm. The bear grew wet large and made some trouble for the neighbors. Learn what happens to this bid bear.
Synopsis
The Biggest Bear is a children's picture book by Lynd Ward, first published in 1952. It was illustrated using opaque watercolors, and won the prestigious Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1953. Johnny Orchard is jealous because his neighbors have bear pelts hanging on their barns, so he takes a rifle and goes hunting to find a bear to trap and kill. However, he finds a small bear cub who he deems too small, and unfit to kill so he brings the bear home as a pet.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.Ch2470009618
- Title
- The Biggest Bear
- Author
- Ward, Lynd
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good. Top: pink remainder mark. Near fine, unmarked. Slight edge wear.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing. 1980 author renewal of 1952 copyright.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0395150248
- ISBN 13
- 9780395150245
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin.
- Place of Publication
- Boston.
- Date Published
- 1973
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Picture-books;
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About the Seller
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
Biblio member since 2017
Newport, New Hampshire
About Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.
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