A Visitor for Bear

(Paperback)

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"A Visitor for Bearhas the feel of a classic, and its so cozy no parent could object to reading it aloud every night." TheNew York TimesBook Review(starred review)

Bear is quite sure he doesnt like visitors. He even has a sign. So when a mouse taps on his door one day, Bear tells him to leave. But the mouse who keeps popping up in the most unexpected places just wont go away! Cheery persistence wears down the curmudgeonly Bear in a wry comedy of manners that ends in a most unlikely friendship.

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A Visitor for Bear has the feel of a classic, and its so cozy that no parent could object to reading it aloud every night.
New York Times Book Review

The lively repetition and superb pacing make this an ideal choice for storytime.
School Library Journal (starred review)

Charmingly droll, watercolor, ink and gouache illustrations, excellent pacing and the contrast in the sizes of Bear and mouse are a perfect comedic mixture.
Kirkus Reviews

A surefire storytime hit, A Visitor for Bear wont wear out its welcome.
Horn Book

The characters are highly expressive, making the pictures fun, and the dramatic text will lend itself to reading aloud.
Booklist

Simply charming.
Menasha Kids Online

A book that warms the cold cockles of even the grumpiest heartA great readaloud!
SLJ Fuse #8 blog

A picture book at its finest A delight on every level!
Seven Impossible Things blog

Author Bio

Bonny Becker, author of a number of award-winning picture books and middle-grade novels, says that the persistent mouse featured inA Visitor for Bearjust popped into her head one day and wouldnt go away. Several other Bear and Mouse stories are in the works. Bonny Becker lives in Seattle.

Kady MacDonald Dentonis the illustrator ofTwo Homesby Claire Masurel andA Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes. She lives in Ontario, Canada.