A Bear in War By Harry Endrulat and Stephanie Innes (Grades 1-3)

Stephanie Innes is an Arizona-based journalist who writes about health care for the Arizona Daily Star. She is also an adjunct instructor of journalism at the University of Arizona. Coauthor Harry Endrulat lives in Southern Ontario and has written many books for the Max & Ruby series and The Adventures of Franklin and Friends collection. A Bear in War is based on the story of Lawrence Browning Rogers and his daughter Aileen. The book talks about a young girl who sends her teddy bear to her father who's a soldier during world war one. Her father unfortunetly dies in battle and his belonging are sent back to his family. Today the teddy bear is displayed in the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.