About a Bear - Hardcover

Holly Surplice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007440715 ISBN 13: 9780007440719

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011

Synopsis

Starring a very jolly big brown bear, this is the first book for HarperCollins from the talented author-illustrator Holly Surplice.A bear can be happy, a bear can be sad.A bear can be bored, and a bear can be glad!Life is never dull for this bear - there are butterflies to chase, trees to climb and streams to splash in... and it's even more fun when friends join in.Warm, friendly rhyming text and gloriously textured, multi-layered illustrations combine to make this the perfect book to share at bedtime.

About this title

About the Author:

This is Holly Surplice's first book for HarperCollins, and her adorable animal characters have masses of child appeal. Holly lives in Edinburgh with her husband, their young daughter and Marbles the Dalmatian - soon to star in Holly's next book!

From School Library Journal:

PreS-K-A pleasingly pear-shaped bear takes readers on a simple rhyming journey set in a hyper-colored fall landscape and populated by other friendly forest creatures. The book's large size and typeface make it ideal for sharing aloud, and the cheerful illustrations infuse the creature's physical shape with a jovial air. Young children will find the bear's range of attributes relatable and giggle at the spread showing him scratching his ample backside. "A bear can be puzzled/by a curious find./And sometimes a bear has to scratch his behind." Whether it is shared in a fall storytime or one-on-one, this picture book is just the thing for those who, like bear, "can be bored" with longer tales.-Jenna Boles, Washington-Centerville Public Library, OHα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0007440715
• ISBN 13: 9780007440719
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32