About this title: In this retelling of an Ojibwe Indian tale, a mother bear loses sight of her two cubs as they all attempt to escape a forest fire by swimming across Lake Michigan.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gale Cengage
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781886947351ISBN:188694735X
Description: Van Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbert, and Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbert Van. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 43 p. Contains: Illustrations. Legend (Sleeping Bear). Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Description: Fine. 188694735X Like New-almost perfect. Inscription written on top corner of front end paper. Faint wear on top edge of dust jacket. Pages sharp and clean. No marks or highlighting in text. No remainder mark from publisher. Accurate Descriptions with Fast Shipping and Robust Packaging! PRP110H. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Date Published: 1998-10-19
ISBN-13:9781886947351ISBN:188694735X
Description: Very Good. From the shelves of my store. Light shelf wear. pictorial cover. no DJ. Great book for a reasonable and competitive price. Buy risk free and enjoy. I will ship promptly in a bubble wrap mailer. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press, Chelsea, MI
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781886947351ISBN:188694735X
Description: 4to, pictorial boards (hardcover), approx. 45 pp. Illustrations. Very Good. Very light crease on front endpaper. Light edge wear. Dust jacket-very good-light edge wear, crease on back cover. read more
Description: Pages are clean and in very good condition, no writing or highlighting on inside book pages, average wear on the cover, no dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press, Chelsea, MI
Date Published: 1998
Description: Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbert van. Near Fine. No Jacket. Sm4to from 9" to 11" Unpaginated, purple-blu-tan-brown boards w/wraparound color illustration, tan-brown map endpapers. Story of the legend of a bear with two cubs who lived in the forest in Wisconsin by Lake Michigan. The Mother bear and her two cubs go into Lake Michigan to escape the forest fire. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781886947351ISBN:188694735X
Description: Van Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbert. New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 43 p. Contains: Illustrations. Legend (Sleeping Bear). Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gale Cengage
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781886947351ISBN:188694735X
Description: Van Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbert, and Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbert Van. New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 43 p. Contains: Illustrations. Legend (Sleeping Bear). Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press, Chelsea, MI
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781886947351ISBN:188694735X
Description: Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbert Van. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Sm4to from 9" to 11" Unpaginated, purple-blu-tan-brown color illustrated boards & dj, tan-brown illustrated map endpapers. A Mother Bear and her two cubs must escape a forest fire in Wisconsin. As they struggle to make this journey across Lake Michigan, the loyalty and dedication they show for one another is powerful and heartwarming. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781886947351ISBN:188694735X
Description: Van Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbert, and Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbert Van. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Third Printing in fine condition with like jacket signed by Author. A very collectible copy! Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 43 p. Contains: Illustrations. Legend (Sleeping Bear). Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Pictorial Cover
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Date Published: 1998
Description: Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen. Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Pictorial cover. It is believed that the Ojibwe of Michigan were the first to tell the story of the Sleeping bear and her cubs, a legend that has since become known as The Legend of Sleeping Bear. read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
"okay, I cry through this whole story every time, which makes it hard to read to a 4 year old, but I still love the legend. It brings out the Michigander in me through and through."
"This is a very beautiful and sad legend of the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore. Illustrated by our own (Michigan) Nick van Frankenhuyzen. I love it, but it is a tearjerker."
"I had to hide in the bookstore stacks to stop weeping before I could go pay for this book for my daughter. The legend of the Sleeping Bear is well known in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan where the Sleeping Bear Dunes and the Manitou Islands lie.
But the illustrations, especially the depictions of a stricken mother bear make this book a heartbreakingly poignant retelling of the ancient Michigan legend explaining the large bear-shaped dune on the west coast of the state and the two islands just off shore. I've purchased multiple copies over the years for friends who have given birth to children in the Traverse City area so that the child can always know one of the enduring legends of their birthplace."
"This book was wonderful. A one of a kind book that really shows how a mother is connected to her children. A love so strong that she will stay and search forever, for a lost child and the grief that she feels."
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