Sometimes we think that the perfect expressions of love or affection are the ones that are grand and extravagant. It turns out that often the best way to show someone that you care for them is by doing something for them that is simple, and yet powerful. In this picture book you will meet a bear who finds out that someone cares for him very much, someone who is shy, and kind, and thoughtful; someone who does little things for the bear that say an awful lot.
Bear in love
Bear in love
Daniel Pinkwater
Illustrated by Will Hillenbrand
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Candlewick Press, 2012, 978-0-7636-4569-4
One morning, as per usual, a bear crawls out of his cave,
he rubs his eyes, stretches, feels the morning sun touch his fur, and then
looks around for his breakfast. On this particular
morning he discovers that someone has left an orange “long and pointy” thing on
a rock. The bear has never encountered such a thing before, and when he sniffs
it he decides that is smells “nice,” and so he nibbles it. The thing turns out
to taste very good indeed.
The next morning
someone has left two of the orange, nice tasting things on the rock. The bear
cannot help wondering who left them there. The morning after that three orange
tasty things appear, and the morning after that there is a whole bunch of them
sitting on the rock. The bear decides that someone must like him very much to
leave him so many “good things.”
That day the
bear discovers a bee nest in a tree, which he then proceeds to raid. The bear
happily feasts off the honey comb and the honey. He could eat the whole lot,
but he decides that he will save some for “the nice friend” who gave him all
the orange treats.
The bear leaves
the honeycomb on the flat rock and he tries to stay awake to see who his new
friend is, watching from his cave. Unfortunately, the bear is not very good at
staying up, and he falls asleep. In the morning his friend has left him a
little gift. A pretty flower is lying on the rock where the honeycomb was. Once
again the bear wonders and wonders who the mystery person could be.
This sweet story
explores how a special friendship is built. With each gift, each act of
kindness, the connection between the bear and his secret friend gets closer.
Children will be delighted when they see how the story turns out, and when they
discover what the bear, and his new friend, feel for each other.
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