Bear does not care to have visitors over. But when a tiny unwelcome guest pops in for repeated visits, Bear's patience is put to the test. His guest is a persistent mouse who just wants to spend time with Bear—maybe have a spot of tea, or a bit of cheese—but Bear, intolerant as he is, will have n...
Bear likes peace and quiet and wants to be left alone. Bear even has a sign outside his house to keep visitors away. One day, Bear hears a knock on the door during breakfast. Bear opens up the door and looks down to see a small grey mouse. Bear turns mouse away and continues to make breakfast, on...
There's this moment in this book where the bear, who's solely determined to be a hermit, falls to the floor and weeps to his unwanted mouse vistor, "I give up. You win. I am undone." That's kind of how I feel about this book. I read it for the sake of reading it, and I had no expectations for lik...
Bonny Becker's stories about Bear and the mouse are funny and touching. The smattering of rather long words, such as 'most attentive', 'intolerable' and 'insufferable', adds to the humour of the two characters.Kady MacDonald Denton's illustrations have enormous expression, vitality and charm. The...
Bear has a cold. His friend Mouse is determined to help him feel better. When reading him a story doesn't help Mouse tries strumming his banjo and singing a song. That doesn't work either. Time for soup. Mouse makes Bear some soup. After the soup Bear begins to nod off to sleep. Although he seems...
This is a fun read aloud full of contrasts, animated characters, and relateable emotions. Bear has a cold and he's pretty sure it is the end of the world. Or at least the end of him. His friend Mouse comes over to cheer him up with stories and songs, but everything seems to make him crabbier. Fin...
For some reason I have a fondness for books about feeling under the weather. Friends bring soup, there are big red noses, funny accents due to congestion, and piles of quilts. There is something very cozy and reassuring about sickness books, probably because they alway end in recovery. The cha...
It's always good to find a book about libraries that presents them in a positive light. Even more exciting is to find a librarian who is pleasant, and who entices the recalcitrant bear into checking out Just The Right Book!Adorable cartoon-like figures of Bear and his friend Mouse - who drags Be...
Ms. Plum is a teacher at Springtime Elementary. The supply closet in her classroom holds many useful things, but it also holds something else...something mysterious. Join Ms. Plum's best class ever through a year of friendship, discoveries, and transformations! The students in Ms. Plum's third gr...