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A Visitor for Bear | 
| Author: Bonny Becker
Creator: Kady Macdonald Denton
Publisher: Candlewick
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 609
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 56
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 9 x 0.2
ISBN: 0763628077
EAN: 9780763628079
ASIN: 0763628077
Publication Date: February 26, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Perfect Condition! - Small black mark on bottom edge of book
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Cheery persistence wears down a curmudgeonly bear in a wry comedy of manners that ends in a most unlikely friendship.
Bear is quite sure he doesn’t like visitors. He even has a sign. So when a mouse taps on his door one day, Bear tells him to leave. But when Bear goes to the cupboard to get a bowl, there is the mouse — small and gray and bright-eyed. In this slapstick tale that begs to be read aloud, all Bear wants is to eat his breakfast in peace, but the mouse — who keeps popping up in the most unexpected places — just won’t go away!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
Destined To Be a Classic October 24, 2008
Laurie C. Junkins (New Jersey, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A Visitor for Bear is the delightful and satisfying story of two fully realized characters and how they become friends. It is not only abundant with humor, but also explores the complexity of feelings that come with making friends and the risk one takes to do so. My 5-year-old daughter asks for this book frequently, and it is such a good out-loud read that I've caught my teenage sons enjoying it from the hallway outside her bedroom. It is truly a family favorite, even for this family who reads dozens of new books every month, and is destined to become a classic.
A Genuine Joy October 15, 2008
Roscoepound the Hound (Vermont)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This lovely book is both warm and silly. Grumpy bear dearly needs a friend and happy go-lucky mouse is most insistent that he shall be that friend -- despite bear's many, many efforts to divert mouse. The pictures are well-executed with a joyful twist and the writing is perfect. A wonderful book to read aloud.
Children's Book October 5, 2008
Love Books (Clay Center, KS USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Outstanding story, great illustrations, wonderful book for adults to read to kids. Enjoyable for all.
Politeness, Cuteness, and Calm September 15, 2008
Stefanie Freele (Healdsburg, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an adorable book that my son loves and I'm sure we will love for many years. At a young age, readers can find the mouse and admire the artwork. As a child is older, this story is a wonderful example of sweetly polite dialogue. Then, later, a lesson is learned - friends are necessary and to be cherished.
A wonderful story about loneliness and friendship-perfect for preschoolers! September 6, 2008
z hayes (plano,texas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"A Visitor for Bear" is a perfect story for preschoolers and anyone else for that matter. It tells the story of Bear, a rather reclusive character who prefers to live alone, undisturbed and even posts a sign on his front door "No Visitors Allowed". Things change when bear gets a visit -from a persistent, cute little mouse who just won't take NO for an answer and keeps popping up in the unlikeliest of places, much to the disgruntled Bear's annoyance. What happens eventually is the sweetest thing - friendship.
The book deftly handles the themes of loneliness and friendship, and the sentences are simply written - perfect for preschoolers. The illustrations are in watercolor and very beautiful with touches of humor, depicting the extremely annoyed Bear and the ever persistent Mouse to such an effect that one can't help but laugh out loud at their antics. Highly recommended and perfect for reading aloud.
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