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The Bears on Hemlock Mountain | Paperback

by Alice Dalgliesh (Author), Helen Sewell (Illustrator)

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Publisher:

Aladdin

Page Count:

64 Pages

Publication Date:

October 31, 1992

Sales Rank:

58,148th

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ISBN13: 9780689716041
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS

Product Description
"There are no bears on Hemlock Mountain, No bears, no bears at all..." Or so young Jonathan is told by the grown-ups as he sets out alone over Hemlock Mountain. But as Jonathan discovers on that cold winter night, grown-ups don't always know... And there are bears on Hemlock Mountain!

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 12 reviews)

the bears on hemlock mountain

4 Stars
November 14, 2009
I'm chris and I'm 9 years old so you would be guessing I'm in fourth grade which is right. People didn't beleive that there were any bears on Hemlock Mountain.But maybe there are... Jonathan was eight when he crossed Hemlock Mountain.His mom asked him if he could borow the pot that aunt has.He wentup eating cookies.He finally arrived.Then he fell asleep.He left.He saw tracks.Bear tracks!Dad and James appear with machine guns and chases the bears.Everyones like ao there are bears on Hemlock mountain.This is a great book.It would be good if you read it The End.

A Suspenseful and Not-Too-Scary Story by Shanna A. Gonzalez (Gaithersburg, MD)

4 Stars
November 09, 2009
Jonathan and his family live at the foot of the big hill that is called Hemlock Mountain. One spring, expecting many relatives for a feast, his mother sends him over Hemlock Mountain to fetch a large iron pot from his aunt. All of the adults (except his Uncle James, who has taught him how to observe wildlife) believe that there are no bears on Hemlock Mountain, but Jonathan isn't so sure. Still, he makes it across without meeting any. At his aunt's house he eats too many cookies and falls asleep, starting home just as the sun begins to set. There he sees some bears, and hides under the pot. His father and uncles come to rescue him just in time, and he proudly presents the pot to his mother. This brief book is masterfully crafted, and through Dalgiesh's easy-to-read prose the young reader gets a picture of Jonathan's close-knit, loyal, and sometimes overwhelming colonial family. In one day Jonathan experiences the pleasures of the outdoors, the comforts of the hearth, and the terror of a small child alone at night. The story is really about dealing with fear, and the characters try to deal with the possibility of bears through denial. Jonathan and others repeat to themselves that "There ARE no bears on Hemlock Mountain." But this attempt at avoiding the truth is ineffective, and it is with relief that Jonathan finally announces that "There ARE bears on Hemlock Mountain!" His pride at carrying the heavy pot pales next to the fact that he has faced the frightening truth everyone else has avoided. Sensitive children might be troubled by the scene in which Jonathan meets the bears, but his quick rescue provides a comforting end to this suspenseful story. This is a great early chapter book, either for young listeners or young readers. The newest edition of this book has a cover that seems more scary than the story actually merits, so I recommend an earlier edition.

A Satisfying Story by Learning All The Time (USA)

5 Stars
November 07, 2005
My kids, in 1st and 2nd grade, read and loved this book. I think it is particularly satisfying to children because often when kids say they are afraid of something, perhaps of poisonous snakes in the woods or ghosts in the closet, adults will tell them "there's no poisonous snakes in these woods", or "there's no such thing as a ghost". In this book, however, young Jonathan's fears were VINDICATED! He was right and there WERE bears on Hemlock Moutain! My kids also loved Jonathan's absentminded visit to his aunt, as they also sometimes forget tasks they are supposed to do. And they loved his creative solution when he came face to face with the bears! The illustrations are charming, simple two-color drawings, and the book is written with a tongue-in-cheek tone that I really enjoyed and the kids didn't notice. My children also read "Courage of Sarah Noble" by the same author, and were able to compare and contrast the books - we used a venn diagram. Then they both voted this book their favorite of the two.

The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

5 Stars
February 24, 2003
I think the big iron pot is cool. The bears are scary. The big black cat was cute. I would tell a friend to read this book because there are very interesting things like the beginning poem and ending poem.

The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

5 Stars
February 07, 2003
I liked the spooky noises. I liked it when the bears came out. I liked Jonathan's stopping chant. I would tell a friend to read this book because it is exciting when the bears come. It is the most exciting when the bears are right by him.

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