The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale

Summary of Book

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.

Author Biography

Lydia Dabcovich is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Lydia Dabcovich include Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale, Sleepy Bear, Annushka's Voyage. She lives with her husband in Brookline, Massachusetts.