In the story No Bears, it follows a young girl telling her own story. She refuses to have bears in her story because she says bears ruin stories. As she goes about telling her story and incorporating fairy tales and being humorous in the background of the illustrations there is always a bear. The narrator that we follow along in the book never notices that there is a bear in the back of all her pictures and at the end thinks it was the best story because there was No Bears.I thought that the illustrations went very well with the text. The narrator is making the story up as she goes along and you can follow that in the illustrations. Also the illustrations follow exactly what she is imagining and saying. While reading it almost feels like you are following her along through her thoughts, because the illustrations look like her thoughts drawn out.This book is very humorous. It is easy in my opinion to keep a child intrigued by the humor and the fact that she wanted no nears in her story yet there is a bear on every single page. I know myself reading along when I would turn the page the first thing I would look for on the next page is where the bear was. The story line of the book I feel also keeps the child interested. Not only is it funny but it is very imaginative and doesn't haven't a dull moment. I feel that this book is very relatable to children because the narrator is talking to you. The child is able to interact with the book and feel apart of it. I think this a good book to read to young children just for fun. Because it is funny, colorful and creative kids will relate and really be intrigued to the book. This story is told from the point of view from a princess. She proceeds to tell her story but makes sure to mention that she does not want any bears to be there. They should have absolutely nothing to do with her story. As she continues on, bringing up bears multiple times, she tells the tale of her living in a castle and a monster trying to take her away. Then, she is saved even without the help of any bears!I absolutely adored this book. I thought the narration was extremely clever and kept me, as an adult reader, entertained and even laughing out loud through the majority of the picture book.I also really connected with the illustrations. They were very colorful and I enjoyed that the bears were peeking into the story from different spots throughout the book. I feel as though there were a lot of subtle details put in by the illustrator that you had to take the time to observe. I found myself taking a second glance through the book and noticing small details that I had not picked up on right away. Overall, I really loved this book and could easily see myself reading it to my future students.
What do You think about No Bears (2011)?
The book is called No Bears - but it was actually a book all about bears - but still very cute
—nat14
Digital IllustrationFunny prose - breaks 4th wallCute illustrations - really liked them
—candice
Beautiful illustrations were more compelling than story.
—psychobird
