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Uniform Title Soldaat wojtek. English

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

Imprint

Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, c2011.

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Nettels Fiction	F DUMON	---	Available

Description	145 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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 LG RL 5.2 5.0 146245 GNET
Awards	Batchelder Award, 2012.
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Juvenile 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.
	Italy -- History -- 1914-1945 -- Fiction.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Fiction.
	Brown bears -- Fiction.
	Bears -- Fiction.
	Soldiers -- Fiction.
	Mascots -- Fiction.
	Poland -- History -- Fiction.
	Iran -- History -- 1941-1979 -- Fiction.
	Italy -- History -- 1914-1945 -- Fiction.
Added Author	Hopman, Philip, illustrator.
ISBN	9780802853752 (alk. paper)
	0802853757 (alk. paper)
Standard No.	NZ1 13952646
	AU@ 000047031690