The Bear That Heard Crying
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock, Helen Kinsey
Paperback
(Puffin Books, March 1, 1997)
An IRA-CBC Childrenâs Choice Book. The drama of this unbelievable but true story is enhanced by Ted Randâs 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 âbig black dogâ that kept her warm every nightâbut the bear tracks encircling her tell a different tale. âA treat for âpioneer storyâ buffs.ââSchool Library Journal
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