What About Bear? - Hardcover

Suzanne Bloom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1907825088 ISBN 13: 9781907825088

Publisher: Alanna Books, 2012

Synopsis

It's playtime. Goose and Bear are having fun. Little Fox joins in. Somebody gets left out. Who will fix the friendship? The dilemma of choosing one friend over another is one of childhood's classic problems. Goose and Bear show Fox that including friends is more fun than excluding them.

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Review:

"Little listeners will identify with Bear's reaction to Fox's arrival and unfair exclusion and to cheer on Goose's defense of his big furry friend." --"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"

* "Fans of Goose and Bear from "A Splendid Friend, Indeed" (2005) and "Treasure" (2007, both "Boyds Mills") will enjoy having them back." --"School Library Journal," starred review

"Artfully uses body language rather than text (which runs to fewer than 100 words) to crank up the emotional intensity. . . . Another splendid outing, indeed." --Kirkus Reviews

"Little listeners will identify with Bear's reaction to Fox's arrival and unfair exclusion and to cheer on Goose's defense of his big furry friend." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

* "Fans of Goose and Bear from A Splendid Friend, Indeed (2005) and Treasure (2007, both Boyds Mills) will enjoy having them back." --School Library Journal, starred review

About the Author:

Suzanne Bloom in her own words: I come from cowboys and I come from Queens. Let me explain. My grandfather's saddle was stored in the basement of our house in Portland, Oregon. I remember its leather smell and how it creaked when I straddled it and his cowboy boots... My dad's job took us east when I was five, and we lived in a hotel in New York City, almost like Eloise, until we moved to a garden apartment in Queens. When I was in Primary school, girls were not allowed to play with the blocks or trucks. Can you imagine that? My friends and brother and I built roads and villages for our Dinkey cars all the time. We made up scenes and acted them out. We made up games and stayed outside playing until the street lights came on. We didn't get into much trouble because somebody's mother always knew what we kids were up to. Our neighbours came from China, Russia, England and France. Some of them ended up in my books. My family and I - one husband, two sons, several combinations of cats and dogs, have lived in the country in upstate New York for 25 years or so, surrounded by trees and weedy gardens.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alanna Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1907825088
• ISBN 13: 9781907825088
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Suzanne Bloom