The Biggest Bear
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The Biggest Bear (ISBN 03951480650) is a children's picture book by Lynd Ward, first published in 1952. It was illustrated using woodcut engravings, and won the prestigious Caldecott Medal.
Johnny Orchard is jealous because his neighbors have bear pelts, so he goes out to find a bear to trap and kill. However, he finds a small bear who he deems unfit to kill so he brings the bear home. As it grows, it becomes a nuisance to the neighbors, so one day Johnny decides that he is going to kill it. He goes far into the woods, and is filling up his musket when the bear runs off and into a trap that has honey in it. Soon the zoopeople come, and they decide to put the bear in the zoo where Johnny can visit him anytime.
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