Don’t Call Me Bear by Aaron Blabey - ADVISABLE

Don’t Call Me Bear by Aaron Blabey.  PICTURE BOOK. Scholastic Press, SEPT 2019. $15.  9781338360028

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

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

Koala is sick being called a bear.  He is a marsupial, NOT a bear.  He blames it all on Captain Cook, of course and just wants everyone to understand what he really is.  Just drop the “bear” part of what you call him!

I get Koala’s frustration – he does it well.  However – I wish this ended on a high note.  Instead he stomps off angrily when even his fellow marsupials tell him he does look like a bear. There had to be a more positive way to finish this.

Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS