Better Not Get Wet, Jesse Bear - Softcover

Carlstrom, Nancy White

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0689810555 ISBN 13: 9780689810558

Publisher: Aladdin, 1997

Synopsis

Eager to get himself soaking wet, Jesse Bear is drawn to the garden hose, kitchen sink, and the birdbath, finally settling himself down in the wading pool in the back of the house and getting himself joyfully soaked. Reprint.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 1 The hero of Carlstrom's earlier book, Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? (Macmillan, 1986) returns in a joyfully soggy, bouncily rhymed adventure. It's a lovely warm day, and Jesse is intrigued by water at every turnin the sink, in the fish tank, from the garden hose, and so on. But each foray into the water is met by the same response from ever-smiling mama and somewhat bemused papa: ``Better not get wet, Jesse Bear.'' With each repetition of the phrase, Jesse moves toward his next target until his parents finally fill his wading pool and let him splash away to his heart's content. The bright, sun-washed line and watercolor illustrations abound with whimsical details, and there is much to discover in each panel. The strong repetition of key phrases will make this a natural favorite with the preschool set, and may even lend itself to a chant-along recitation. Readers and listeners alike will be awash with laughter and drenched with delight. Kathleen Brachmann, Highland Park Public Library, Ill.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

Like the popular Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?, this winsome picture book features the exuberant and lovable Jesse, whose curiosity this time leads him to water. Throughout the day Jesse's parents try to keep him dry as he dabbles in the aquarium, waters the flowers and plays in the birdbath, but finally they let him splash about in his own pool: "Boating, floating, hey hey/ Getting wet is okay/ Hooray! Hooray!" Each incident is accompanied by Jesse's chanting and by a cartoon caption that cautions, "Better not get wet, Jesse Bear." Degen's clever watercolor and pen-and-ink drawings are full of surprisesas when the somber portrait of a bonneted relative hanging on the wall reacts in the next picture to Jesse's aquarium mess. The lilting, strongly rhymed text and the warm, loving drawings are every bit as appealing as those in the first Jesse book. Ages 3-6.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aladdin
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0689810555
• ISBN 13: 9780689810558
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Degen Bruce