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|author= Chang Ying-Tai and Darryl Sterk (translator)
|title= The Bear Whispers to Me: The Story of a Bear and a Boy
|rating= 4
|genre= Literary Fiction
|summary=Award winning Taiwanese writer Chang Ying-Tai's emotive, elegiac fable is a meditation on the art of storytelling. Its immersive detail and enchanting musical cadences give it a magical, dream like quality. It is a special work as it is one of the few examples of Taiwanese fiction available in English. The blind Paiwan poet Monaneng said of aboriginal Taiwanese culture:
"With tender care let us set in motion our blood that is once again warm.<br>
Let us recall our songs, our dances, our sacred rituals.<br>
And the tradition of unselfish mutual coexistence between us and the earth.
This is exactly what "The Bear Whispers to Me" effortlessly does.
amazonuk=<amazonuk>0993215408</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Martin Walker
|summary=The First Slodge thinks everything is his, until he finds out he might be the first Slodge, but that doesn’t make him the only Slodge. Will they learn to share? They might just have to. I found The First Slodge to be a fascinating book. I loved the ideas, and I think it’s great that a picture book is managing to tackle a number of issues all at once like this without losing its own sense of story and purpose.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848690398</amazonuk>
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