The Bear Whispers to Me: The Story of a Bear and a Boy

A reclusive young boy stumbles upon his fathers diary. Filled with drawings photos and anecdotes the diary reveals an alpine world that his father once inhabited as a child: where tribes were fashioned by tree spirits; animals could be spoken to; fleas danced; and the moon and stars were guiding lights in darkling forests. His fathers world was alive with birdsong and hidden spirits serene yet fleeting-but it all changed when he befriended two bears. Bewitching and timeless award-winning Taiwanese author Chang Ying-Tais The Bear Whispers to Me is a poignant forest fable about the vivid beauty of the natural world childhood loss and the transient nature of time. (Winner of the 2015 Lennox Robinson Literary Award)