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This story is good for people who like the Michael Morpurgo or who if you want to start reading his books. In 1994, HARIBO took the final step to fully acquire Dunhills. It set about revolutionising the UK’s sweets market and went on to create its own unique mixes, bringing family favourites together in one bag to create what have become the UK’s most popular sweets. This book was amazing, and I could not stop reading it. It was about a community in a village participating in a film. One of the main characters, who was my favorite, was the dancing bear and he played a huge role in the film. However, there were a few situations in the story where it would turn out to be dull. Nevertheless, I would recommend this book. LoveReading4Kids exists because books change lives, and buying books through LoveReading4Kids means you get to change the lives of future generations, with 25% of the cover price donated to schools in need. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. In Russia and Siberia, cubs were for centuries captured for being used as dancing bears accompanying tavern musicians ( skomorokhi), as depicted in the Travels of Adam Olearius. [3]It didn't. And I've read it multiple times, so there's no changing my mind on this one: it's a ridiculous ending that cannot be considered a good conclusion to a children's book. What does it teach anyway? Not to cage bears? Well gee, I couldn't have figured that one out myself! Not. The popular children's television show, Captain Kangaroo , featured a character known as "Dancing Bear."

The narration was really relaxing to listen to though the story itself was quite sombre. My main issue with this book is the ending. I feel that the author wanted to make it sad so made something happen really abruptly but I felt that it didn't have the emotional impact that it should have had. A tame bear, often called a dancing bear, is a wild bear captured when young, or born and bred in captivity, and used to entertain people in streets or taverns. Dancing bears were commonplace throughout Europe and Asia from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, and can still be found in the 21st century in some countries. You can also read about his life in War Child to War Horse,a collaborative biography with Maggie Fergusson. High in the Mountains an abandoned bear cub is adopted by a lonely orphan child. Soon they are inseparable – happy and safe, until the arrival of a glamorous film crew who need a dancing bear … Dancing bears were widespread throughout Europe from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. They were still present on the streets of Spain in 2007, [4] and in Eastern Europe.Rafi Zabor's novel The Bear Comes Home is a fictional story about a bear trained to play jazz saxophone. There are many classroom exercises you could do with this book. The class could write a story with a different ending if Roxanne stayed with the bear, what would have happened? They could act out the book and play different characters showing the different emotions from each character. They could also write a diary from one of the characters point of view and how they felt about the bear being in their village. This book is narrated through the eyes of the villages local teacher. He explains how a small bear came down from the mountains and changed things forever. The Dancing Bear’ is a short story about an elderly teacher, who watches a young girl adopt a bear cub into her family and build a beautiful friendship with it as they grow up together. Roxanne, the young girl, fights to keep her bear living in their country town as he grows larger. As she ages into a woman, Roxanne visits her bear less and less, he becomes desolate and less responsive in her absence. A film crew then arrives, wishing to use the town and the bear in their music video. The quiet, country town is suddenly turned into a set, the people into extras and Roxanne has to decide whether she will leave to pursue her talents or stay with her friends and family. Morpurgo added: “Storymakers and storytellers like Barrie, and like all the previous winners of this award, have given us the hope and faith children need, we need, to keep flying, have sustained us through dark and troubled times, have banished doubt. To touch the lives of children, to witness their listening and reading silence, is reward enough in itself. This is simply the icing on the cake.”

The Dancing Bear by Michael Morpurgo, tells the delicate story of an orphan called Roxanne who adopts an abandoned bear cub. The story is told from the perspective of Roxanne’s school teacher. The book is set in an isolated, mountainous village. The whole village allows Roxanne to adopt the bear, as they hope it will bring a financial profit to the village in the future. This hope is fulfilled when a TV crew come to the village, looking for a dancing bear to be in their new music video. But the video ends up featuring the bear and Roxanne. She is offered a chance of fame and luxury and leaves her sheltered life behind and her precious bear. The bear dies from heart break the next morning and the book ends.This was a touching and emotional story about a little girl who rescues a malnourished bear cub and brings it into her village, where it becomes a large part of their close-knit community. Randy Newman's song " Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" is about a humble young man who entertains high society with his tame bear. This sounds interesting and I think we all agree with the author that we need to help save animals natural environments. My middle daughter loves pandas but I know that they need help now as their natural environment is getting much smaller. This book is wonderful to read as it’s written from someone else’s point of view looking on at Roxanne and Bruno’s relationship. It would be great to read with a Key Stage 2 class, the story is short, captivating and has a grown up edge with serious subject matters. It is easy to read and has beautiful charcoal illustrations which capture the story wonderfully.