Little Bear's Friend (I Can Read Level 1) - Softcover

Minarik, Else Holmelund

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064440516 ISBN 13: 9780064440516

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1984

Synopsis

NEW FRIENDS

One summer Little Bear makes friends with a girl named Emily. But when summer ends, Emily must leave. Little Bear is very sad—until he finds a way to stay close to his new friend even when she is far away!

About this title

Book Description:

Little Bear makes a new friend! From the creator of Where the Wild Things Are.

About the Author:

Else Holmelund Minarik (Author)
Else Holmelund Minarik was the author of the Little Bear series of children's books, which sold more than 6 million copies worldwide and were adapted for television.

Born in Denmark, Minarik moved to the United States with her family at the age of four. After graduating from Queens College, City University of New York she became a journalist for the Rome Daily Sentinel newspaper and taught first-graders during World War II.

Minarik died in 2012.

Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
Maurice Sendak was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began by illustrating other authors' books for children, but the first book that he both wrote and illustrated was Kenny's Window, published in 1956. In his lifetime, he illustrated over 80 books, and received many awards, including the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. In 1970 he was the first American to win the Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator's Medal. He passed away in May 2012.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0064440516
• ISBN 13: 9780064440516
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Sendak Maurice