Travels

PreS-Gr 2— Kuma-Kuma Chan returns in Takahashi's third book in the series. Here, the adorable little bear takes readers along on his journey to a tropical island, where he listens to the ocean waves, takes a nap on the beach, and drinks coffee while watching the sunrise from a mountaintop. However, children quickly discover that Kuma-Kuma Chan mixes the real with the imagined. While he loves traveling and has all the gear imaginable for a great adventure, including binoculars, a bathing suit, chocolate, and scotch tape, his journeys occur in his head. He does not physically go to a tropical island. Rather, he daydreams about it from the comforts of his home. Kuma-Kuma Chan's active imagination allows him to time-travel and dream of being a tiger. The sparsely illustrated pages and pastel watercolors delicately illuminate his visions.