Albert the Running Bear Gets the Jitters - Hardcover

Isenberg, Barbara; Wolf, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0899195172 ISBN 13: 9780899195179

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1987

Synopsis

Albert, the champion running bear, is challenged to a race by Boris, the new Alaskan bear at the zoo.

About this title

About the Author:

Diane de Groat has illustrated many novels and picture books for children; among them ANNA ALL YEAR ROUND. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. For more information visit www.dianedegroat.com

From Publishers Weekly:

Despite de Groat's appealing bears and the proven popularity of the title character from The Adventures of Albert the Running Bear and Albert the Running Bear's Exercise Book, this new story has a weak plot and a sentimental resolution. Albert is winning races, but a challenge arises when Boris, a new bear in town, taunts the champ. Boris looks like such a shoe-in that Albert has an attack of nerves and learns stress-management techniques. But Boris is a cheater who trips himself up trying to beat Albert. Ever the good sport, Albert forgives Boris and promises a rematch. Methods for handling stress are included in the text of the book and expanded on in a section at the back. But Albert has too much star quality to have been cast in this unsteady drama. Ages 5-9.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0899195172
• ISBN 13: 9780899195179
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: De Groat Diane