The Sniffles for Bear
$21.71
- Paperback
32 pages
- Release Date
3 September 2019
Summary
The relentlessly cheery Mouse pushes a cold-suffering Bear to new heights of melodrama in a hilarious adventure starring the unlikely pair.
Bear has a terrible cold. In fact, Bear is quite sure that no one has ever been as sick as he is. So when Mouse comes tap, tap, tapping on his front door eager to make Bear “as good as new” by reading a sunny story, singing a rousing chorus and plinking a twangy tune on her banjo, the pitifully coughing Bear – gr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780763665395 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0763665398 |
| Author: | Bonny Becker, Kady MacDonald Denton |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 3mm x 270mm x 235mm |
| Series: | Bear and Mouse |
| Audience Age: | 3-7 |
Critics Review
The body language of the characters conveys a huge emotional range. Whether readers are fans of this homey pair or new to the dynamic duo’s doings, they will delight in the childlike repartee and comfortable friendship.
—School Library Journal
Bear’s comic sad-sack histrionics, couched in his formal phraseology, and the contrast with Mouse’s perky attempts at assistance deliver bear-sized portions of humor. Kids won’t have to be sniffly themselves to appreciate the sickroom drama, but it could also lighten the burden of those sentenced to whining and high Kleenex use.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Bonny Becker
Bonny Becker is the author of all four books about Bear and Mouse as well as a number of other award-winning picture books and middle-grade novels. She lives in Seattle.
Kady MacDonald Denton is the illustrator of the Bear and Mouse stories as well as Tim Wadham’s The Queen of France and Claire Masurel’s Two Homes. She lives in Ontario, Canada.
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