A Study Guide for Leslie Silko's "Story from Bear Country," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
Fred F. Dunn from Brooklyn, CT has released a book published by AuthorHouse titled BEAR STORIES. The stories, written in rhyme, by the late Donald Lee Shaffer, consist of witty puns and satire with an occasional hint of opinionated sarcasm from a bears point of view. Hilarious twists to familiar fairy tales demonstrate Mr. Shaffers unique sense of humor. Amusing clarification of BEARS being depicted as the true hero of historical events reveals Shaffers distinctive wit. His exceptional styles in maintaining rhyme along with a smooth flowing story-line, coupled with an abundance of humor makes this book a MUST-READ for people (Or Bears) of all ages. The book consists of seventy seven stories and parodies. You will laugh, you will chuckle, you will enjoy.
World-renown Whistler is home to some of the most awe-inspiring animals on earth: black bears. In A WHISTLER BEAR STORY, you'll meet the real black bears of Whistler -- Jeanie, Katie, Marissa, Fitz and Slip among others. They den near favorite ski runs, graze in open meadows under chair lifts, munch on golf course grass, and devour berries alongside mountain bike trails. And sometimes, to their misfortune, they come into town, raid garbage bins, eat berries in people's yards, and even break into homes and restaurants looking for food. Find out what it's like to live in a town where bears roam the forests nearby, and learn what the town is doing to minimize human-bear conflict and preserve our fragile coexistence.
An astonishing memoir about how one woman survived a brutal attack by a grizzly bear, and how she recovered—as a survivor, a wife and a mother. “Overwhelmingly inspirational.... Van Tighem’s story is a testament to human strength” —The Plain Dealer On a chilly autumn morning in 1983, during a relaxing escape to the Canadian Rockies, Patricia Van Tighem and her husband were attacked by a grizzly bear. Although they survived, their ordeal was just beginning. For years Van Tighem endured numerous surgeries as doctors attempted to reconstruct her face and ease her pain. The nightmares that haunted her carried their own psychological burden. In many ways she had to redefine her sense of who she was. Van Tighem’s tale is astonishing and beautifully written. Showing a resilience that has overcome even the most traumatic of events, The Bear’s Embrace is a truly inspiring testament to the power of the human spirit.
Auduna (TM)s Story tells of an Icelandic farmhand who buys a polar bear in Greenland and gives it to the Danish king. It is a subtle tale of complex social action worthy of the fine anthropological writing on gift-exchange; its treatment of face-to-face interaction a match for Erving Goffman.
Black Bear's Book By: Joseph T. Falco Native American lore captured the heart and mind of Joseph Taylor Falco at a very early age. One could always find him in the forest looking for Native American relics or the edge of a lake or stream looking for trout. He also has a close connection to the ocean, where he spent many hours with his father on the fifty-foot Hatteras fishing boat "The Beagle" searching for the "big one," fishing for tuna and marlin. Having majored in history at Holy Cross University, he developed an uncanny ability to sort through some of the mysteries that swirl around the famous shaman of North America and their way of life. Through his writings, the reader is able to more fully understand the process that made this book possible. His love of the natural world and his unique spiritual connection to it is revealed throughout. Afterwards, readers will leave with a feeling that they have stepped back in time and glimpsed the true Native American way of life. A genius by modern-day standards, Falco's mind goes beyond the realm of present reality and into a dimension that only he can see and feel. That dramatic backstory, combined with the inspirational aspect of his writing, will provide hours of reading pleasure that goes well beyond the literary realm. It is his hope that the stories, poems, and pictures in this book will, in some small way, help those of us who cannot see into this dimension better understand the Native People of this great country.
While volunteering at the local zoo, Robyn, Nick and Trevor learn that grizzly bears are being poached. The bears' gallbladders are being removed for use in alternative medicine. Always ready to solve a mystery, the kids set out to find the poachers. Bear is not only big game, they learn, but big money to poachers. The stakes are high and the suspects many, as the kids head into their most dangerous adventure yet. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
In this collection of short stories, Lichfield invites young readers and listeners to enter a magical world where their imagination can run wild as they play with pandas in the Himalayas and koalas in Australia. And hair-raising anecdotes of the ferocious grizzly are sure to hold readers' interest through the last page.