Little Bear Boxed Set: Little Bear, Father Bear Comes Home, and Little Bear's Visit - Softcover

Minarik, Else Holmelund

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064441970 ISBN 13: 9780064441971

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1992

Synopsis

To celebrate Little Bear's thirty-fifth anniversary, three paperback editions in the series—Little Bear, Father Bear Comes Home, and Little Bear's Visit—have been slipcased in a boxed gift set for a whole new generation of children.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Here are the very first adventures of Little Bear, in which Mother Bear finds just the right way to keep Little Bear warm, helps him get to sleep at night, and never forgets his birthday.

About the Author:

Else Holmelund Minarik first introduced readers to her timeless character in the classic Little Bear. Publication of this book, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak, launched the I Can Read series. This much-loved author continues to write stories for children at her home in North Carolina.

Maurice Sendak’s children’s books have sold over 30 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are and is the creator of such classics as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, Higglety Pigglety Pop!, and Nutshell Library. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, in 1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, and in 1996 he received a National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In 2003, Sendak received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an annual international prize for children’s literature established by the Swedish government.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0064441970
• ISBN 13: 9780064441971
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 160
• Illustrator: Sendak Maurice