I really like my alone time. In fact, I need some alone time every day, otherwise I start to feel squirrely. In today's picture book you will meet a bear who is trying to have a little time alone, a little time when he can be quiet and calm. The problem is that his friend Goose does not really understand why Bear needs this.
Alone Together
Suzanne Bloom
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Boys Mill Press, 2014, 978-1-62091-736-7
One day Fox and Goose are sitting together when Fox asks
his friend where Bear is. Goose says that Bear is not far away sitting alone.
Fox is surprised when he hears this and Goose has to explain that sometimes
Bear like to be alone. Fox, who is a friendly little fellow, goes over to Bear
and asks him if he is “sad” or “mad” or “lonely.” Bear is none of these things.
He is just having “some quiet time.”
Fox says that he
likes quiet time too, but it turns out that Fox’s quiet time is nothing like
Bear’s quiet time. Fox hums, twirls, and whooses “like the wind,” and poor Bear
is not at all happy. He just wants some quiet. Some real quiet.
Some people need
quiet time on their own. They are not upset about anything, they just need some
space to enjoy being with themselves. The problem is that other people don’t
always understand why they need this time, and they don’t understand what quiet
time means. In this sweet picture book Suzanne Bloom’s expressive and minimal
illustrations are paired with a spare text to give young readers a story that
explores how three very different characters find a way to be alone, and quiet,
together.
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