From: The Horn Book Magazine | Date: September 1, 1997| Author: Flowers, Ann A. | COPYRIGHT 1997 Horn Book, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

"Bearskin," the first story in Howard Pyle's book of literary fairy tales, The Wonder Clock, is an agreeable tale incorporating several familiar mythic and folkloric elements. As the result of a wise man's prediction that a miner's baby will marry the princess, her father the king orders the baby's death, but the child is set adrift in a basket by a compassionate huntsman. Found and nurtured by a she-bear, Bearskin grows to be immensely brave and strong. He rescues his princess fr...