The Ice Bear

Written by Jackie Morris

A child torn between two worlds; a hunter's pursuit threatens harmony.

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40 pages· AD640L

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Bookroo's summary

In the Arctic's icy expanse, a bear-child is caught between two worlds. Raised by a hunter and his wife, he is serenaded with songs of the wild. But when a bear seeks to return him to his true mother, the hunter's relentless pursuit endangers the fragile balance between humans and nature. Will the child find his place, or will the hunter's quest for vengeance shatter the harmony of this pristine land? Discover a tale of belonging and the delicate ties that bind us to the wild.

"He could smell the storm coming, the scent of snow on the knife-edge of the wind."

— from the book

From the publisher

Back in a time when people and animals lived together in harmony, a bear-child is stolen away from his mother. A hunter and his wife find the child and, wrapping him in sealskin, they sing him songs of the ice, the wind and the great white bears. One day the child wanders off and a bear comes to take him back to his mother. But by now the hunter is on the trail, determined to kill the creature that has taken his child. Set in the pristine polar regions of the Arctic, Jackie Morris’s beautiful story reminds us that we are caretakers of these wild creatures and our actions directly affect their future.To listen to a reading of Ice Bear click here

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