The Biggest Bear

Lynd Ward

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ISBN 9780395150245 / 0395150248
Title The Biggest Bear
Author Lynd Ward
Category Picture Books
Classic Fiction (children's/ya)
Format Paperback
Year 1973
Pages 85
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Edition 1st
Language English
Dimensions 191mm x 8mm x 267mm

Annotation

Johnny Orchard brings home a playful bear cub that soon becomes huge and a nuisance to the neighbors. “Some of his best pictures supplement the story . . . An outstanding book in every way”.—The Horn Book. Caldecott Medal Book.

Publisher Description

Johnny Orchard brings home a playful bear cub that soon becomes huge and a nuisance to the neighbors.

Author Biography

HILDEGARDE H. SWIFT (1890-1977) wrote several books for children. Best known for “The Railroad to Freedom, which was cited for a Newbery Honor, Ms. Swift spent her life recording the lives of heroic Americans. ”The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge is her most popular picture book.
LYND WARD (1905-1985) illustrated more than two hundred books for children and adults throughout his prolific career. Winner of the Caldecott Medal for his watercolors in "The Biggest Bear, Mr. Ward was also famous for his wood engravings, which are featured in museum collections throughout the Uni