The Bear That Heard Crying (Picture Puffins)
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ISBN: 0140558543 / Publisher: Puffin Books, March 1997
Retells the story of three-year-old Sarah Whitcher, who, in 1783, became lost in the woods and was protected by a bear until her rescue
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An IRA-CBC Children’s Choice Book. The drama of this unbelievable but true story is enhanced by Ted Rand’s stunning illustrations.In June 1783, three-year-old Sarah Whitcher wanders into the woods and disappears. For three long days, friends and neighbors search fruitlessly for her. Then a stranger leads the desperate family to a pine tree beneath which the child lies. Sarah tells her rescuers of the “big black dog” that kept her warm every night—but the bear tracks encircling her tell a different tale. “A treat for ‘pioneer story’ buffs.”—School Library Journal
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