A Travel Journal Entry by Uncle Reuben 1947

I transcribed the entry, above, from Great Uncle Reuben's travel journal for my class during The Uncle Reuben Project this year. It took my 2nd graders a little while to realize he was referring to bears. I wondered about the reference of Bruiser so I googled it along with words such as "Chicago," which is where they were living at the time. I believe he called the bear Bruiser because the Chicago Cubs had a mascot that was a bear named Bruiser at that time. Uncle Reuben had a sense of humor!

This is a follow-up post to my series on Uncle Reuben.I have also written about the project on Scholastic.com. Top Teaching/Shari Edwards