Brother Hugo and the bear
By: Katy Beebe ; illustrated by S. D. Schindler
Contributors: Schindler, S. D., ill
Publisher: Eerdmans Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 33
ISBN-13: 9780802854070
Subjects: Books and reading; Bears; Juvenile fiction; Manuscripts; Monks; Middle Ages; Fiction
Other titles: Brother Hugo & the bear
Description: After painstakingly crafting a new copy of a destroyed library book, a monk tries to protect if from a hungry bear with a taste for literature.  Includes historical note on medieval illuminated manuscripts.

After painstakingly handcrafting a replacement copy of a library book, a medieval monk tries to protect it from a hungry bear with a taste for literature.
Notes: Loosely based on a note found in a twelfth-century manuscript.

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