BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SOME
Bear is sitting on his favorite bench with his favorite things, but one by one other animals approach and soon he is crowded and everyone else has his things. When he explodes, everyone skedaddles. However - when Duck walks by with something Bear likes, Bear asks if he can have it.
Well - this is the opposite of a great picture book that teaches a social without preaching. Instead, Brea does to Duck exactly what made him so mad at the others. Small children who read picture books won’t understand the hypocrisy unless someone points it out to them. I had such high hopes; I liked Shaloshvili’s illustrations - too bad I felt let down by the end.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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