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Goodnight Baby Bear

by Michael Shoulders
32p. 978-1-58536-471-8.
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PreS-K Five family members take turns spending a busy day with toddler Baby Bear and then tuck him in for the night by reading him one of his favorite books. They make notes in a diary to commemorate what they did with the little cub: he watched butterflies with Momma, gardened with Daddy, chased crabs with Brother, went to the aquarium with Aunt Grace, and did magic tricks with Uncle Roy. All of them love Baby Bear "more than they love honey oatmeal raisin cookies," a statement repeated throughout. This cozy day-in-the life flows well with Weidner's watercolor and colored-pencil pictures of these anthropomorphic brown bears. The pastel palette and simple details, like a hovering butterfly, are pretty and soothing. A recipe for the "Beary Special Honey Oatmeal Raisin Cookies" ends the story sweetly, in every sense of the word."Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA" Copyright 2010 Media Source Inc.
Baby Bear enjoys spending time one-on-one with different members of his family: Momma, Daddy, Brother, Aunt Grace, Uncle Roy, and Nana. Each night at bedtime he and a different relative share a specially inscribed book that touches on the day's activity. Cozy illustrations of affectionate bears accompany the pleasant, low-key story, which puts in a plug for reading together and for commemorating life's events with books.

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