“Can Bears Ski?”: Storytime with author Raymond Antrobus

Bocas Storytime | The Children's Bocas Lit Fest

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Published 2022-07-30

Can Bears Ski? (Walker Books/ Candle Wick Press) is the debut children's book from award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus that tracks a father-and-son journey into the discovery of deafness. Boy Bear cannot hear Dad Bear coming to wake him up in the morning but he can feel the floor vibrate with his heavy footsteps. He can only grasp little bits of what his teacher says to him at school. He cannot catch what his friends are laughing at. And, all the time, Boy Bear keeps hearing the question, "Can bears ski?". What does it mean?

In this video, part of the 2022 NGC Children’s Bocas Lit Fest, Raymond Antrobus shares from his own experiences and reads a short excerpt from Boy Bear’s story, followed by a basic sign language tutorial with The Trinidad and Tobago Association for the Hearing Impaired (TTAHI)!

Reading from CAN BEARS SKI? written by Raymond Antrobus and illustrated by Polly Dunbar
Text Copyright © 2020 Raymond Antrobus
Illustrations Copyright © 2020 Polly Dunbar
Reproduced by permission of Walker Books Ltd, London, SE11 5HJ
www.walker.co.uk

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Learn more and order the book:
Can Bears Ski? by Raymond Antrobus: www.walker.co.uk/Can-Bears-Ski-9781406382624.aspx

Raymond Antrobus: www.raymondantrobus.com/

Sign Language in this video was provided by The Trinidad and Tobago Association for the Hearing Impaired: www.dretchi.org.tt/

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