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The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward is about a little boy who lives next to the woods. When he goes to town he notices all the farmers have a bear skin drying on the side of their barns. He is disappointed his family does not have a bear skin on their barn. He goes into the woods with his gun hunting for bear. He finds a bear it is a cub. He brings the bear home. Soon the bear gets into the other farms fields, smoke houses etc. The farmer s are angry and tell Johnny that he must get rid of his bear. He takes the bear back to the woods but the bear always comes back. Finally Johnny knows he must take the bear into the woods and kill it. Just as he is about to shot the bear he takes off Johnny with him. They end up in a bear trap. When the men come to see what they have caught they are surprised to find Johnny in the trap with the bear. The men are there to trap a bear for the zoo. Johnny is so pleased that his bear will be safe and live happily at the zoo. This is a good read with very realistic pictures done in a sepia tone.

小强的爷爷一直认为，“宁可留一头熊在果园里，也不能被熊吃掉”。所以，至今小强家都没有一张熊皮。然而，全村除了他们家之外，几乎每家的谷仓上都晾着硕大的熊皮，这让小强在别人面前抬不起头来。而小强的父亲却不以为然。所以，小强决定自己去猎杀一头大大的熊回来，他要得到全村最大的一张熊皮。小强扛着猎枪走进了森林，不曾想，最后带回家的，却是一头很小很小的小小熊。小小熊在小强家渐渐长大，而它给小强带来的麻烦事也接踵而至……孩子和小动物之间，仿佛有某种神秘的关联，他们之间的情感和故事，就显得格外动人。这是一个充满了森林味道的故事，而木刻版画的绘画，让这本书有了非常质朴的厚重感……你的书架里怎么能没有它？