A Visitor For Bear (Bear And Mouse) Read Free Books and Download eBooks
Cheery persistence wears down a curmudgeonly bear in a wry comedy of manners that ends in a most unlikely friendship.Bear is quite sure he doesn’t like visitors. He even has a sign. So when a mouse taps on his door one day, Bear tells him to leave. But when Bear goes to the cupboard to get a bowl, there is the mouse — small and gray and bright-eyed. In this slapstick tale that begs to be read aloud, all Bear wants is to eat his breakfast in peace, but the mouse — who keeps popping up in the most unexpected places — just won’t go away!
Lexile Measure: 430L (What's this?)
Series: Bear and Mouse
Paperback: 56 pages
Publisher: Candlewick; Reprint edition (August 14, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780763646110
ISBN-13: 978-0763646110
ASIN: 0763646113
Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 0.2 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (112 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #4,179 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #19 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs & Squirrels #29 in Books > Children's Books > Growing Up & Facts of Life > Family Life > New Experiences #32 in Books > Children's Books > Growing Up & Facts of Life > Friendship, Social Skills & School Life > Manners
Age Range: 2 - 5 years
Grade Level: Preschool - Kindergarten
Cute is hard. Picture book cute, that is. A lot of people might disagree with that, but I'm going to make a case here. There's a perception out there that if you slap a pair of big brown eyes and a furry tail on something, badda-bing! Instant adorable. Picture books, however, offer the greatest test any author or artist has to face. Because cute isn't just a visual state. It's reliant on a story that can be touching without becoming candy-coated and saccharine. It requires a certain level of restraint on both the author and the illustrator's part. Cute is hard to do and do well. Like I say, anyone can fake it and end up on a line of greeting cards, but very few people can make cute count for something. Bonny Becker can. With her remarkable "A Visitor for Bear," Becker teams with top notch illustrator Kady MacDonald Denton to bring us a book that actually goes on beyond "cute" into something more. This is a book that warms the cold cockles of even the grumpiest heart. People who cringe at the sight of "Bambi" and shudder at baby chicks will be instantly charmed by Becker and Denton's tale of a grump that learns that sometimes the right visitor is worth the vexation that comes with giving up your privacy.Bear's pretty good at keeping people away. No one ever visits him, and just in case one does he has a big sign in front that reads, "NO visitors allowed". Just in case. Everything is fine and dandy until one day a mouse "small and gray and bright-eyed" knocks on the door. Bear says in no uncertain terms that he is not keen on visitors. The mouse seems to understand, but when Bear attempts to get out a bowl for himself, there sits the mouse asking for a spot of tea.
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