Once I Was a Bear
by Irene Luxbacher (Author)
A beautiful, beguiling tale about adapting to change and finding your place. Especially comforting during this time of social distancing and uncertainty about the future.
"Imaginative and poetically resonant." -- Kirkus Reviews
Considers nature's way of connecting us to ourselves and to others...poetically expresses feelings of dislocation, vulnerability, and strength. -- Quill & Quire, starred review
Oh, to be a bear in the forest! To rest and play, day after day, always feeling safe and at home. But when change fills the air, and it's time to journey into a different kind of wilderness, will it ever feel the same?
This sensitively imagined story illuminates the difficult transitions we all must face as we learn how to be at home in the world.
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Praise for Once I Was a Bear:
[Encourages] the appreciation of one's own story and recognizing different experiences of loss and change. Imaginative and poetically resonant. — Kirkus Reviews
Irene Luxbacher's new picture book considers nature's way of connecting us to ourselves and to others...Transitions, transformations, and distinctive perspectives are elegantly evoked in Luxbacher's signature watercolour, acrylic, and collage illustrations. The text poetically expresses feelings of dislocation, vulnerability, and strength... Inspired by Luxbacher's son, who is on the autism spectrum, Once I Was a Bear tenderly asks the deeply personal yet universal question, Would others understand me? — Quill & Quire, starred review
JUV039090 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
JUV039270 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Strangers
Picture books
Imagination
Imagination in children
Maturation (Psychology)
Growth
