Read The Bear In The Book (2012)

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Author

Kate Banks

Genre

Middle Grade & Children's

Rating

3.35 of 5 Votes: 2

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ISBN

0374305919 (ISBN13: 9780374305918)

Language

English

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

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Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble

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The Bear In The Book (2012) - Plot & Excerpts

A quiet bedtime book, with the ritual of a little boy choosing his favorite bedtime book, and a story of a bear hibernating (story within a story). Great modeling -- how the mother explains as she reads to the little boy, answers his questions as they share the time together (and that's what I appreciate most about this book -- the representation of this special reading time.) Author and illustrator reside in France. Illustrator of the Gaspard & Lisa books. Very painterly style. A boy sits down to read his favorite picture book with his mother before bed. The story is about a bear that hibernates. As the bear is waking up from his long slumber, the boy is drifting off to sleep.Illustrations really work to bring the reader into the story as at first the point of view is the book about the bear as seen over the child's shoulder and then the focus on the story widens to encompass the entire page. Vibrant paintings bring the story within a story to life and support text seamlessly. A GREAT book for showcasing a parent and a child sharing a story; lots of examples of dialogic reading.