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
GED 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:
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
Literature and Language > storytelling Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > courage

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