Big Bear and Little Bear - "Big Bear is the big bear, and Little Bear is the little bear," the narrator informs us, in one of those dead-pan asides that I always find irresistibly hilarious - settle in for the night in this charming bedtime story about being afraid of the dark. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covers, cloth spine. The text has lots of repetition, there's a clear background for the text and Sendak's classic illustrations add to the story.

It’s such a lovely story and the way that my children understand it is to actual experience the key features of the book for themselves.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Wiggle the puppet to join in with the sweet, gentle story of Little Bear and Daddy as they enjoy their day together. The final episode, in which Little Bear has fallen asleep in Big Bear's arms, and Big Bear (finally! When reading this story, I kept thinking about the young students at the school (and my own children as well), and how they don't always like to take the time to dress in all of their winter layers. Down at the coast, where we see a small boat; small boy, small hat plus bear and a bag (of supplies?

Existe uma sexta história "Little Bear and the Marco Polo", ilustrada por Dorothy Doubleday, e um conjunto de histórias, ilustrado por Chris Hahner mas que não fazem parte desta coleção. Green leafy background with Green rectangle containing title in black lettering followed by Author's name in smaller type. He also illustrated Swine Lake (1999), authored by James Marshall, Brundibar (2003), by Tony Kushner, Bears (2005), by Ruth Krauss and, Mommy?In his lifetime, he illustrated over 80 books, and received many awards, including the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. Cute book with four stories (or chapters) that will entertain young children and is a great building block for early readers. In 2010, two years before his death, Minarik published a sixth book, Little Bear and the Marco Polo, which was illustrated by Dorothy Doubleday. The pages at the beginning are lightly coloured like a lamp to symbolise the safety of the bear’s home, I would discuss this with children and why the pages get darker as the bears go outside. I really enjoyed this gentle tale (that is not without humor) about Little Bear who can't get to sleep because of his fear of the dark, and patient and resourceful Big Bear who helps him through his fears (even though Big Bear has a very exciting part of his book to read and keeps getting interrupted!