Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published: 1952
ISBN-13:9780684127866ISBN:0684127865
Description: Good. Illustrated by HELEN SEWELL. Moderate wear, creasing and cup stains w/missing pieces of cover. Edges rubbing and corners folded. Pages show smudges and yellowing, binding is tight. "Jonathan's mother assures him that there are no bears on Hemlock Mountain. Is she right? Jonathan finds out for himself. " read more
Binding: Pictorial Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
Date Published: 1952
Description: Sewell, Helen. Good. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Usual library markings. Overall wear and rubbing to boards. Text pages very good. read more
Description: Good. B0006AT60Y Ex-library copy with usual stamps, stickers, paste-ins. Clean text pages, tight binding. Slightly tanned pages. DJ is generally intact: Some wear on the top edge, tanned on the spine. Book edges are slightly worn. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780689716041ISBN:0689716044
Description: Sewell, Helen. Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 64 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ready-For-Chapters (Paperback). Intended for a juvenile audience. Very good read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Aladdin
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780689704970ISBN:0689704976
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. A former library book with the usual identifiers. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
Description: Sewell, Helen. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. different cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 64 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ready-For-Chapters (Paperback). Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Description: Fair. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Aladdin
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780689716041ISBN:0689716044
Description: Acceptable. MAY HAVE COVER WEAR, SPINE CREASES, HIGHLIGHTING, UNDERLINING & PAGES YELLOWED FROM AGE. FASTER SERVICE FROM US! ! ! read more
"Jonathan and his family live at the foot of the big hill that is called Hemlock Mountain. One spring, expecting many relatives for a feast, his mother sends him over Hemlock Mountain to fetch a large iron pot from his aunt. All of the adults (except his Uncle James, who has taught him how to observe wildlife) believe that there are no bears on Hemlock Mountain, but Jonathan isn't so sure. Still, he makes it across without meeting any. At his aunt's house he eats too many cookies and falls asleep, starting home just as the sun begins to set. There he sees some bears, and hides under the pot. His father and uncles come to rescue him just in time, and he proudly presents the pot to his mother.
This brief book is masterfully crafted, and through Dalgiesh's easy-to-read prose the young reader gets a picture of Jonathan's close-knit, loyal, and sometimes overwhelming colonial family. In one day Jonathan experiences the pleasures of the outdoors, the comforts of the hearth, and the terror of a small child alone at night.
The story is really about dealing with fear, and the characters try to deal with the possibility of bears through denial. Jonathan and others repeat to themselves that "There ARE no bears on Hemlock Mountain." But this attempt at avoiding the truth is ineffective, and it is with relief that Jonathan finally announces that "There ARE bears on Hemlock Mountain!" His pride at carrying the heavy pot pales next to the fact that he has faced the frightening truth everyone else has avoided.
Sensitive children might be troubled by the scene in which Jonathan meets the bears, but his quick rescue provides a comforting end to this suspenseful story. This is a great early chapter book, either for young listeners or young readers.
The newest edition of this book has a cover that seems more scary than the story actually merits, so I recommend an earlier edition."
"Newbery Honor Book. In this pioneer story, Jonathan is sent by his mother to borrow an iron pot from an aunt who lives on the other side of Hemlock Mountain. Grades 2+"
"I would probably give this book one and a half stars. It has a nice regional Pennsylvania feel to it, something that means a lot to me personally due to my family's close connections in the rural section of the state. The Bears on Hemlock Mountain is not typical of what usually received Newbery Honor nods, but it is written in the same Alice Dalgliesh style that garnered her two additional Newbery Honor citations."
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