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A Birthday for Bear

Illustrated by Kady McDonald Denton Candlewick Press, 2009 Early reader and picture book format Bear is his usual fastidious, grumpy self on his birthday—even denying that it is his birthday! Mouse disguises himself as the deliveryman, the postman, even as Santa Claus, trying to get Bear to admit it’s his birthday and enjoy the day. […]
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Reviews

Children's Literature
…The full color ink and watercolor illustrations are humorous and charming. Fans of the earlier book, Bear's Visitor, by the same author/illustrator combination, will be happily engaged in this newest and recommended story. Reviewer: Phyllis J. Perry

School Library Journal
K-Gr 3
The winning stars of A Visitor for Bear (Candlewick, 2008) make a return engagement…Whimsical full-color ink and watercolor illustrations hilariously depict the yin and yang of enormous, cantankerous Bear and tiny, merry Mouse. A sprinkling of colorful, out-of-the-ordinary vocabulary words and phrases adds welcome spice to the narrative. Fluent early readers will be pulled into this title by the appeal of its universal subject, entertaining characters, and the satisfying story with just the right amount of tension... ~ Kathleen Finn, St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski, VT

Kirkus Reviews
Fans of the 2008 picture book "A Visitor for Bear" will delight in this second offering from Becker and Denton… it reads as a well-pitched combination of humorous dialogue and omniscient commentary. Meanwhile, the energetic ink-and-watercolor illustrations brim with humor while firmly establishing Mouse and Bear as friends new readers will enjoy visiting time and again. (Early reader. 6-8)