The Bonsai Bear
by Bernard Libster
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Belleview, WA: Illumination Arts 1999 31 pp $15.95
Another spiritually oriented book in the Illumination Arts Press series for children.
Pleasantly illustrated tale of a childless couple in Japan who adopt a bear cub. The husband is a master at bonsai, the art of shaping miniature trees. He shapes the bear so that it doesn’t grow up and can stay in the family. The wife prevails upon him to let the bear grow up and return to the wild.
Suitable for ages 8-12.
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