$23.36
- Paperback
56 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2012
Summary
“A Visitor for Bear has the feel of a classic, and it’s so cozy no parent could object to reading it aloud every night.” — The New York Times Book Review (starred review)
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 the mouse — who keeps popping up in the most unexpected places — just won’t go away! Cheery persistence wears down the curmudgeonly Bear in a wry comedy of manners that ends in a mos…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780763646110 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0763646113 |
| Author: | Bonny Becker, Kady MacDonald Denton |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 56 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2012 |
| Weight: | 266g |
| Dimensions: | 4mm x 270mm x 235mm |
| Series: | Bear and Mouse |
| Audience Age: | 3-7 |
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Critics Review
The lively repetition and superb pacing make this an ideal choice for storytime. School Library Journal (starred review)
A Visitor for Bear has the feel of a classic, and it’s so cozy that no parent could object to reading it aloud every night.
—New York Times Book Review
The lively repetition and superb pacing make this an ideal choice for storytime.
—School Library Journal (starred review)
Charmingly droll, watercolor, ink and gouache illustrations, excellent pacing and the contrast in the sizes of Bear and mouse are a perfect comedic mixture.
—Kirkus Reviews
A surefire storytime hit, A Visitor for Bear won’t wear out its welcome.
—Horn Book
The characters are highly expressive, making the pictures fun, and the dramatic text will lend itself to reading aloud.
—Booklist
Simply charming.
—Menasha Kids Online
A book that warms the cold cockles of even the grumpiest heart…A great readaloud!
—SLJ Fuse #8 blog
A picture book at its finest… A delight on every level!
—Seven Impossible Things blog
Bonny Becker
Bonny Becker
Author of a number of award-winning picture books and middle-grade novels, Bonny Becker says that the persistent mouse featured in A Visitor for Bear just popped into her head one day and wouldn’t go away. Several other Bear and Mouse stories are in the works. Bonny Becker lives in Seattle.
Kady MacDonald Denton
Illustrator of Two Homes by Claire Masurel and A Child’s Treasury of Nursery Rhymes. She lives in Ontario, Canada.
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