Submitted by Ms. Tess!
In the tradition of “Calvin and Hobbes” comes My Bear Griz by Suzanne McGinness. Meet Billy. He really likes bears. Especially his bear, Griz. Billy imagines he is best friends with an enormous brown bear. Billy and Griz go exploring together, they eat “peanut-butter-and-honey” sandwiches, and play hide and seek. (Billy usually wins. I mean, where are you really going to hide if you’re a Grizzly Bear?) Griz is a great partner for napping, and star gazing. He’s really good at keeping secrets, and tells hilarious jokes. At the end of the book we see Griz as others see him–Billy’s teddy bear. This book has big illustrations, and simple text, making it great for young readers and listeners. The pictures are charming and kid friendly, and any child with a favorite toy they take every where, especially a boy with a bear, is sure to relate. See this book listed in our catalog
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Otto the Book Bear
Submitted by Ms. Janis!
In Otto the Book Bear by Katie Cleminson Otto is no ordinary story book character. When no one is looking, he comes to life! Otto loves to walk off of the pages of his book, but one day his book is taken away while he is off exploring, and he then sets off on a grand adventure to find a new home. He finally realizes that this is an awfully big world for such a small bear and he misses his warm book. Will Otto ever find the perfect home? The illustrations are sweet and the story will have young readers watching their bookshelves in hopes of spotting wandering book creatures. This charming story is sure to delight book lovers everywhere. See this book listed in our catalog
Baby Bear Sees Blue
Submitted by Ms. Amanda!
Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff is a beautifully illustrated book perfect for lap reading or Picture Book Walks! The author introduces young readers to rich vocabulary, a variety of forest animals, and plants in a variety of colors. Baby Bear wakes up in his den and creeps out toward the sun and, when he does he sees… yellow. Mama and Baby Bear explore their forest home, from the green leaves on the trees to the brown trout in the water, and discover a world full of color. Strawberries, butterflies, a thunderstorm, and finally a rainbow fill this colorful adventure until Mama and Baby Bear are back home, safe in their den. See this book listed in our catalog
Bug and Bear
Submitted by Ms. Carol!
Bug and Bear by Ann Bonwill is a story about a bug and a bear who are friends. Bear is very tired, and all she really wants to do is get to her cave and take a nap, but Bug wants to play with Bear, and he follows her, buzzing around her, asking and asking Bear to play. Bear tries to get rid of Bug, but Bug just doesn’t get it. He thinks Bear is just playing games with him. Bear gets an idea from Chameleon, and she tries to hide from Bug by blending in with a tree, but it doesn’t work. Bug thinks Bear is playing hide and seek. Bear gets an idea from turtle, and tries to crawl inside a log, but Bug just thinks Bear wants to play follow the leader. Finally Bear has had enough, and she tells Bug to go jump in a lake, then she goes in her cave and tries to nap. Now Bear can’t sleep. She feels so bad about the way she treated Bug. She decides to go try to find him. She looks everywhere, but can’t find him. Then the other animals remind Bear that she told Bug to go to the lake, so Bear runs to the lake and finds Bug drifting on a lily pad. Bear rescues Bug, and then wants to play, but Bug is just too tired, so they both take a nap together. Bug and Bear is a story of true friendship. See this book listed in our catalog
Don’t Worry, Douglas!
Submitted by Ms. Amanda!
Don’t Worry, Douglas! by David Melling. The adorable Douglas is back in a new adventure with a hat! When we first met Douglas the bear, he was looking for a hug. In this installment, Douglas has been given a new woolly red hat by his dad! Douglas is so excited, he runs out to play right away. He jumps, tumbles, and even does cartwheels in his new wooly red hat! Then, all of a sudden, he realizes his new wooly red hat has unraveled into a long string of spaghetti! The sheep suggest he ball it up and put it on his head, but it just isn’t the same, so he asks the cow. The cow thinks it would make a pretty wig! The bird thinks it would go great in her nest, and the rabbit wants to use it to plug up her burrow, but Douglas does not want to use his hat those ways. He decides to just tell his dad what happened, so he goes back home with this new wooly red hat in a pile of wet spaghetti. After Douglas tells his dad everything, his dad says, “Don’t worry Douglas” and gives him his hat for Douglas to grow into! Like the first Douglas book, this is a great tale with a silly bear and loving parents. I remember a similar incident in my life (I am sure we all can), where I was sure I had ruined something, and was going to be in trouble forever! Mine was a umbrella not a hat. But just like Douglas’s dad, my parents weren’t mad like I thought they would be. In the end, their love for me was greater than the cost of the umbrella! What a great lesson to teach little ones! Read this story, as well as Douglas’s search for a hug, today! See this book listed in our catalog
Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze!
Submitted by Ms. Amanda!
Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze! by Maureen Wright is a silly tale about the Autumn Breeze, a Big Bear, and the start of Autumn. It begins with Big Bear walking through the woods on a nice autumn day when, right as the wind blows, he lets out a big sneeze, and the leaves blow off the tree. Bear is so upset that his sneeze blew all the leaves from the tree that he tries to nail them back onto the branches. The wind tries to tell Big Bear that the leaves fell from the tree when the wind blew, but Big Bear believes that the leaves fell down when he sneezed ACHOO! The wind grows stronger as Big Bear walks on, till he comes to a tree where apples grow, and just as he approaches, he sneezes ACHOO! The tree branches shake in the wind’s strong gusts, and all the apples fall to the ground. Once again Bear thinks that his sneeze made them all fall down. Big Bear goes on sneezing through the forest, and misunderstanding the changes that autumn brings. Finally the Autumn Breeze explains that he causes the leaves and apples to fall from the tree, and even causes Big Bear’s sneeze. The illustrations and rhyme makes it a great story to read aloud to kids of all ages. See this book listed in our catalog