by Michael Morpurgo · HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780006745112
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«The Dancing Bear» is the children's novel by Michael Morpurgo, published by HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks in paperback (64 pages, in English).
In a French village, an abandoned bear cub disrupts the life of the community. Roxanne, an orphan girl, adopts it and they soon become inseparable; the animal wins everyone's affection and the local honey makes the village famous. A film crew arrives to shoot a music video with pop star Niki as the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
It belongs to the Young Lion Storybook series and is illustrated by Christian Birmingham; recommended reading age: 7 to 9 years.
Aimed at children aged 7 to 9 and at those who enjoy animal stories and rural mountain settings.
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or the trenches of the First World War. Morpurgo was the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005, and is President of BookTrust, a children's reading charity.
