Sunday, July 7, 2019

Bear's Book by Claire Freedman - ADVISABLE

Bear's Book by Claire Freedman, illustrated by Alison Friend. PICTURE BOOK. Templar Books (Candlewick), 2019. $17. 9781536205718


BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3), EL - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

Bear loves to read his favorite book of stories to such a degree that one day his book entirely falls apart. Bear decides to write his own story but struggles to come up with a good idea. While trying to battle his writer's block, Bear ends up helping out a good number of his friends from various challenges and therein lies the winning idea. The friends become the stars of his exciting tale--a tale the reader gets to enjoy along with the friends when they gather that night at Bear's home.

This was a great book with fantastic illustrations that I very much enjoyed. The idea of writer's block is very applicable to younger writers/readers, and I love how Bear realized his own life was fodder for a wonderful story.

Reviewer: TC

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