Title Soldier bear / written by Bibi Dumon Tak ; illustrated by Philip Hopman ; translated by Laura Watkinson.

Publication Info.

Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2011.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Granby, Main Library - Children's Room	TWEEN DUMON	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department	J TAK	Check Shelf
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department	JUV. 839 DUD892S	Check Shelf

Description	145 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Awards	Batchelder Award, 2012
Note	Originally published: Soldaat wojtek. Amsterdam : Querido, c2008.
Summary	An orphaned Syrian brown bear cub is adopted by Polish soldiers during World War II and serves for five years as their mischievous mascot in Iran and Italy. Based on a true story.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.2 5.0 146245.
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction.
	Brown bear -- Juvenile fiction.
	Bears -- Juvenile fiction.
	Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction.
	Mascots -- Juvenile fiction.
	Poland -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Juvenile fiction.
	Iran -- History -- Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979 -- Juvenile fiction.
	Italy -- History -- 1914-1945 -- Fiction.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Fiction.
	Brown bear -- Fiction.
	Bears -- Fiction.
	Soldiers -- Fiction.
	Mascots -- Fiction.
	Poland -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction.
	Iran -- History -- Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979 -- Fiction.
Added Author	Hopman, Philip, illustrator.
Added Title	Soldaat wojtek. English
ISBN	9780802853752 alkaline paper
	0802853757 alkaline paper

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