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The Dancing Bear
- Author
- Michael Morpurgo
- Narrator
- Sir Ian McKellen
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 29 August 2013
- Run Time
- 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A gentle and deeply moving story of a young girl and her bear, told with great charm by a master storyteller.
High in the mountains, in a tiny village, an abandoned bear cub is adopted by a lonely orphan child. Soon they are inseparable, beloved by the whole village – safe, until the arrival of a glamorous film crew who need a dancing bear…
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It’s rare to find a story that combines so successfully a contemporary plot and modern morality with a feel for legend and fairy tale.
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Details
- Author
- Michael Morpurgo
- Narrator
- Sir Ian McKellen
- Duration
- 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 August 2013
- ISBN
- 9780007546343
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Synopsis
A gentle and deeply moving story of a young girl and her bear, told with great charm by a master storyteller. High in the mountains, in a tiny village, an abandoned bear cub is adopted by a lonely orphan child. Soon they are inseparable, beloved by the whole village – safe, until the arrival of a glamorous film crew who need a dancing bear…
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