Brother Hugo and the bear
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. Includes historical note on illuminated manuscripts.
| Main Author: | Beebe, Katy. |
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| Other Authors: | Schindler, S. D. (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Grand Rapids Michigan :
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers,
2014.
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
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. Includes historical note on illuminated manuscripts. |
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| Item Description: |
Loosely based on a note found in a twelfth-century manuscript. |
| Physical Description: |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780802854070 0802854079 |
| Author Notes: |
Katy Beebe teaches history at University of Texas at Arlington and has a doctorate in Medieval History from the University of Oxford. She spent many years studying the kinds of medieval manuscripts that Brother Hugo might have made. |