Gentle Ben

A brown bear is the largest most dangerous big-game animal in North America. Even so ,Mark Anderson’s only friend is Ben, the brownie cub chained up in Fog Benson’s dark shed. Mark’s parents can see there is a special bond between their son and the big bear, a bond that overcomes fear and suspicion. But there are some people in town who just cant under stand, and are determined to get rid …

…At the end of World War !!,he went to Alaska to work as a diver and fish trap inspector. Gentle Ben, his first book for readers, won the Dutton Animal Book Award, the Sequoyah children’s book award, and was an ALA Notable Book. Gentle Ben was also made in to a motion picture and a television series. Mr. Morey and his wife live near Portland, Oregon, where they operate a sixty-two acre filbert grove.