Can Bears Ski?

Dunbar Polly, Polly, Antrobus Raymond, Raymond

ISBN 10: 1406382620 / ISBN 13: 9781406382624

Published by Walker Books, Limited, 2021

About this Item

Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Seller Inventory # 40993818-75

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Can Bears Ski?
• Publisher: Walker Books, Limited
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1406382620
• ISBN 13: 9781406382624
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

The debut children's book from Ted Hughes award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus that tracks a father-and-son journey into the discovery and management of deafness.

Boy Bear cannot hear Dad Bear coming to wake him up in the morning but he can feel the floor vibrate with his heavy footsteps. He can only grasp little bits of what his teacher says to him at school. He cannot catch what his friends are laughing at. And, all the time, Boy Bear keeps hearing the question, “Can Bears ski?” What does it mean? With the support of Dad Bear, Boy Bear visits an audiologist and, eventually, he gets hearing aids. Suddenly, he understands the question everyone has been asking him: "CAN YOU HEAR ME?"

Raymond draws on his own experience to show how isolating it can be for a deaf child in a hearing world. But through his lyrical and moving words, matched with Polly's stunning imagery, he also shows how many ways there are to communicate love. With a solid network, Boy Bear will find his place in the world.

About the Authors

Raymond Antrobus became the first poet to be awarded the Rathbone Folio Prize, and in 2021 he was awarded an MBE for his services to literature. His adult poetry collection The Perseverance won Raymond the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and the Ted Hughes Award. His poetry collections All the Names Given and Signs, Music were both shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize. Can Bears Ski?, illustrated by Polly Dunbar, was Raymond's picture book debut. He is also the author of Terrible Horses, illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max. Raymond lives in Margate. Find him online at raymondantrobus.com and on Instagram as @raymond_antrobus .

Polly Dunbar is an award-winning author-illustrator whose books for Walker include Red, Red, Red, A Lion Is a Lion and the bestselling Penguin. She has also illustrated books by novelists David Almond and Michael Morpurgo, poets Michael Rosen and Raymond Antrobus and her mother, picture-book author Joyce Dunbar. Her most recent book is Put Your Shoes On. Follow her on Instagram: @PollyDunbar.