The Bear and the Wildcat by Kazumi Yumoto

The Bear and the Wildcat by Kazumi Yumoto

Name: The Bear and the Wildcat by Kazumi Yumoto
Brand: Little Modern Reader
SKU: 2025JUL-0293
Price: 14.0 AUD
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Illustrated by Komako Sakai

Description Description

*Kirkus Reviews, Best Book of the Year, 2023

A picture book with delicate illustrations that explains the path of grief, ending with the uplifting new beginning of a budding friendship based on understanding.

When the little bird dies, his friend the bear is inconsolable. Full of grief, he locks himself in his house and ventures out again only when the smell of young spring grass blows through his window. He always carries a small box, which he opens for no one.

He meets a wildcat who understands his need to carry the box. As the cat plays on her violin, the bear remembers all the beauty he experienced with the little bird. Now he can bury his friend, keeping him alive in his memories and feelings.

Explaining the topic of grief and loss in a way that speaks to any age and with a quiet understanding of what it is like to lose someone you love, The Bear and the Wildcat shows a way through paralysing grief and simultaneously tells the story of a hopeful new friendship.

Tender and sensitive, this is an excellent tool for helping to explain the process of grief, loss and bereavement with children or anyone who needs it. Loved by adults and children, also suitable for schools, hospices, grief centres and counsellors

Translated from the Japanese edition by Cathy Hirano.

Condition: Ex-library in excellent condition with stamp to the interior
Format: Hardcover
Age: 4+

About the Author/Illustrator About the Author/Illustrator

Kazumi Yumoto was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1959. She studied music composition at Tokyo College and during this time wrote opera libretti and plays for radio and television. Her books, mostly novels for older children, have won numerous international awards.

Komako Sakai lives in Japan and graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. After graduation, she worked at a kimono textile design company. She is one of the most popular children’s illustrators in Japan and winner of the Japanese Picture Book Prize, and her books are published throughout the world.

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