Book Detail

Bearskin

Publication Information
Author:  Pyle, Howard Illustrator:  Hyman, Trina
Title:  Bearskin Date:  1997
Publisher:  Morrow City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-688-09837-1 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    legends, tales, and myths

HSE Descriptor(s):   

Summary:
A bear with magical powers raises a foundling who grows up to marry a princess, fulfilling an old prophecy. An Afterword directs the reader to sources for the tale.

Teaching Ideas:
The book makes a good addition to a text set on tales. Teachers will want to use the Afterword to discuss the contributions of the tales of Snow White, Moses, and Romulus and Remus. Students could compare and contrast Bearskin with these tales using a Venn diagram. Students may notice and want to discuss the multicultural community depicted in the illustrations. Would you like to live in such a community? Why or why not? The story also provides opportunity to look for characteristics of storytelling like repetitions and predictability. web sites: www.gospelweb.net/biblestoreisforyouths.htm#MosesonNile, www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0709.htm#snowwhite, library.thinkquest.org/11402/romulus_and_remus.html

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Venn Diagrams
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Literature and Language > storytelling


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