The Tangerine Bear - Softcover
In a second-hand shop window lies a little bear with a smile turned upside-down and faded fur the color of tangerine, but the bear is not as sad as he appears to be, because he has found a home.
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About the Author:
Betty and Michael Paraskevas, who are mother and son, have collaborated on several picture books with a verse narrative, including four about the legendary Junior Kroll. The Tangerine Bear is their first book with a story told in prose. They live in Southampton, New York.
From Kirkus Reviews:
A classic premise, weakly tweaked. A teddy bear can't understand why no one will buy him, until he discovers that he's defective: his mouth is upside down. He ends up in a junk store window, faded by the sun, next to other damaged items whose tales of woe inexplicably make him laugh. Finally a customer does offer to buy him, but the owner suddenly declares he's not for sale, since he's ``the only family I have.'' Bear's melancholy vanishes instantly. In the textured, highly idiosyncratic paintings, Bear's frowning, oddly lopsided mouth gives him a surly look, and also gives visual expression to the story's off-center air. Stick with Corduroy. (Picture book. 6-8) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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- PublisherHarpercollins Childrens Books
- Publication date1900
- ISBN 10 0064437140
- ISBN 13 9780064437141
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorParaskevas Michael
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