Pocket Bear — Content Guide for Parents
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PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
Meet Pocket, created as a good luck charm for soldiers going into battle, whose bravery and loyalty lives on long after the war.
From Katherine Applegate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Odder and The One and Only Ivan.
Thimble-born from tip to toe, Pocket Bear remembers every moment of his becoming: the glimmering needle, the silken thread, the tender hands as each careful stitch brought him closer to himself. Born during the throes of WWI, he was designed to fit into the pocket of a soldier’s jacket, eyes sewn a bit higher than normal so that he always gazed upward. That way, glancing at his pocket, a soldier would see an endearing token of love from someone back home, and, hopefully, a good luck charm.
Now, over a century later, Pocket serves as unofficial mayor of Second Chances Home for the Tossed and Treasured, where stuffed toy animals are refurbished and given a fresh opportunity to be loved. He and his best feline friend Zephyrina, known far and wide as “The Cat Burglar,” have seen it all, and then some.
An unforgettable tale of bravery, loyalty, and kindness, Pocket reminds us all that love comes in many forms (sometimes filled with fluff), and that second chances are always possible.
Don't miss more heartwarming books by Katherine Applegate:
Odder
Wishtree
Crenshaw
Willodeen
Frequently asked questions
Is Pocket Bear appropriate for a 7-year-old?
The girl Dasha was badly hurt by a bomb in the war in Ukraine and uses crutches, and her father was killed in the fighting. Toy characters are threatened with being taken from their friends and sold to collectors, and sometimes abducted, in a story the guide rates only a little scary.
Does Pocket Bear have violence?
Found (Brief): The girl Dasha was badly hurt by a bomb in the war in Ukraine and uses crutches, and her father was killed in the fighting.
Does Pocket Bear have scary content?
Found (Brief): Toy characters are threatened with being taken from their friends and sold to collectors, and sometimes abducted, in a story the guide rates only a little scary.
Does Pocket Bear have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Pocket Bear have race & culture?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Pocket Bear have profanity?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Pocket Bear have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Pocket Bear have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Pocket Bear have gender roles?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Pocket Bear have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
