The Bear and His Sons

The Bear and His Sons

Author: James M. Taggart

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2010-07-05

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 0292786948

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All the world over, people tell stories to express their deepest feelings about such things as what makes a "real" man or woman; what true love, courage, or any other virtue is; what the proper relationships are between people. Often groups of people widely separated by space or time will tell the same basic story, but with differences in the details that reveal much about a particular group's worldview. This book looks at differences in the telling of several common Hispanic folktales. James Taggart contrasts how two men—a Spaniard and an Aztec-speaking Mexican—tell such tales as "The Bear's Son." He explores how their stories present different ways of being a man in their respective cultures. Taggart's analysis contributes to a revision of Freud's theory of gender, which was heavily grounded in biological determinism. Taggart focuses instead on how fathers reproduce different forms of masculinity in their sons. In particular, he shows how fathers who care for their infant sons teach them a relational masculinity based on a connected view of human relationships. Thus, The Bear and His Sons will be important reading not only in anthropology and folklore, but also in the growing field of men's studies.


The Bear and the Piano

The Bear and the Piano

Author: David Litchfield

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books

Published: 2019-03-04

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 178603560X

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This best-selling tale of exploration and belonging, which won the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize 2016, Illustrated Book Category, is now available in board book.


The Bear

The Bear

Author: Andrew Krivak

Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press

Published: 2020-02-11

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1942658710

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From National Book Award in Fiction finalist Andrew Krivak comes a gorgeous fable of Earth’s last two human inhabitants, and a girl’s journey home In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how to fish and hunt, the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last of humankind. But when the girl finds herself alone in an unknown landscape, it is a bear that will lead her back home through a vast wilderness that offers the greatest lessons of all, if she can only learn to listen. A cautionary tale of human fragility, of love and loss, The Bear is a stunning tribute to the beauty of nature’s dominion. Andrew Krivak is the author of two previous novels: The Signal Flame, a Chautauqua Prize finalist, and The Sojourn, a National Book Award finalist and winner of both the Chautauqua Prize and Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He lives with his wife and three children in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Jaffrey, New Hampshire, in the shadow of Mount Monadnock, which inspired much of the landscape in The Bear.


It's the Bear!

It's the Bear!

Author: Jez Alborough

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781844287932

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Eddy doesn't want to go to the woods for a picnic with Mum. He's scared that the huge hungry bear who lives there will make a picnic out of him


A Bear and His Boy

A Bear and His Boy

Author: Sean Bryan

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

Published: 2011-06-07

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 1611450276

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One morning, Mack the bear wakes up with Zack the boy on his back, but as Mack tries to complete a schedule that is "jam-packed," Zack suggests that he relax and take a second to smell the lilacs.


The Polar Bear Son

The Polar Bear Son

Author: Lydia Dabcovich

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1999-03-29

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13: 0547531451

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A lonely old woman adopts, cares for, and raises a polar bear as if he were her own son, until jealous villagers threaten the bear's life, forcing him to leave his home and his "mother," in a retelling of a traditional Inuit folktale.


Old Bear and His Cub

Old Bear and His Cub

Author: Olivier Dunrea

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-11-21

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 1101654864

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From the creator of the Gossie and Gertie books comes a playful and charming twist on the relationship between children and the adults who care for them. Old Bear loves Little Cub with all his heart. He makes sure that Little Cub eats all his porridge, takes a nap during their snowy walk, and wraps his red scarf tightly around his ears. Little Cub doesn't want to be told what to do, but he always listens to Old Bear because he knows that Old Bear loves him so. But when Old Bear catches a cold, it's Little Cub who knows just what to do to make Old Bear feel better. This winning story shows just how much Old Bears and Little Cubs love one another--with all their hearts.


The Bear in the Book

The Bear in the Book

Author: Kate Banks

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2012-10-16

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 0374305919

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At the end of the day a little boy falls asleep as his mama reads about a bear hibernating. Full color.


The Bear in My Family

The Bear in My Family

Author: Maya Tatsukawa

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2020-03-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 052555582X

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An overbearing older sibling can really be a bear, but the child in this understated, gently humorous story finds out that they can have their advantages, too. "I live with a bear," the story's young narrator declares. The bear is loud, messy, uncouth, and very strong (too strong!). For some reason, his parents treat the bear like family, despite his protests. Why can't they see? Then he runs into some bullies on the playground. When the bear ROOAARS with all her might and scares them away, he realizes that there are advantages to having a bear in the family. In a delightful twist, the narrator's older sister (the bear) appears, telling him that she is NOT a bear. But if she is, HE is too--because two bears are even better than one!


The Bear Who Stared

The Bear Who Stared

Author: Duncan Beedie

Publisher: Templar Publishing

Published: 2017-06-01

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 1787411419

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A funny and charming picture book with heart from rising star Duncan Beedie - now shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017. There once was a bear who liked to stare... and stare... and STARE. Bear doesn't mean to be rude, he's just curious but too shy to say anything. But nobody likes being stared at and it soon gets Bear into trouble. Luckily a goggly-eyed frog helps Bear realise that sometimes a smile is all you need to turn a stare into a friendly hello.