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Author Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965.

Title The animal family / Randall Jarrell ; decorations by Maurice Sendak
Published [Harmondsworth, Middlesex] : Kestrel Books, [1976]
[©1965]

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 MELB SPCBC  819 Jarrel Ran/Afa  LIB USE ONLY
Description 126 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Series Kestrel Books
Kestrel books.
Summary A hunter who lives alone meets a mermaid who teaches him to call the dolphins and speak to the seals. She became his companion, living happily together. The hunter finds a bear and brings it home to live with them, then a lynx, but they both still feel that something else is needed.
Analysis Children's fiction
Children's literature
Children's stories in English 1900- Texts
Notes Children's stories in English, 1900-. Texts (BNB/PRECIS)
Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1965 ; London : Hart-Davis, 1967
Audience For children
Notes Newbery Medal, 1966 honor book
Subject Animals -- Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Hunters -- Juvenile fiction.
Mermaids -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre/Form Fiction.
Author Sendak, Maurice.
ISBN 0722651910