1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 4232: Dust jacket. From the library of Leonard S. Marcus.
Notes
Number line: "WOZ 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3" on page facing title page indicates 3rd printing.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Picture Book Award Winner, 2000.
Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Book Award, 2001.
Summary
While his friend works hard to earn the train fare to Fitchburg, a bear, modeled on a young Henry Thoreau, walks the thirty miles through woods and fields, enjoying nature and the time to think great thoughts. Includes biographical information about Thoreau.