A review by mat_tobin
The Bear and the Wildcat by Kazumi Yumoto
5.0
One morning, Bear was crying. His best friend, a little bird, was dead. Not able to understand nor wanting to face the loss, he shuts off from the outside world within his house and lets grief consume him. It is also when Spring arrives that ventures outside only to come across a wildcat who music rekindles the love that Bear held for bird and he is able to move on to his next adventure.
How people are able to capture and share the idea of grief and the coping that can come afterwards with such poetry in both words and pictures is beyond me. The illustrations, almost like woodcuts in their charcoal format are almost dream-like in their quality and the words are short, concise...touching. It's a perfect little book.
How people are able to capture and share the idea of grief and the coping that can come afterwards with such poetry in both words and pictures is beyond me. The illustrations, almost like woodcuts in their charcoal format are almost dream-like in their quality and the words are short, concise...touching. It's a perfect little book.