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The Sniffles for Bear

The Sniffles for Bear

by KadyMacDonaldDenton (Illustrator), Bonny Becker (Author)

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    Hardcover 2011

    $3.35
Synopsis

The relentlessly cheery Mouse pushes a cold-suffering Bear to new heights of melodrama in a hilarious new adventure starring the unlikely pair. Bear has a terrible cold. In fact, Bear is quite sure that no one has ever been as sick as he is. So when Mouse comes tap, tap, tapping on his front door eager to make Bear as good as new by reading a sunny story, singing a rousing chorus and plinking a twangy tune on her banjo, the pitifully coughing Bear - growing weaker by the minute - is convinced that his tiny friend does not appreciate the gravity of the situation. Can there be any saving Bear from his certain demise? Welcome the world's most lovable curmudgeon and his endearing, unstoppable sidekick in a wry new comedy sure to have even red-eyed, sniffly-nosed readers rolling with laughter.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 32
 Publisher: Walker
Published: 03 Nov 2011
ISBN 10: 140633653X
ISBN 13: 9781406336535
Children’s book age: 0-5 Years

Media Reviews
Becker employs a lively mix of dramatic, over-the-top dialogue, with a plethora of descriptive language to set the tone. Denton's watercolor, ink and gouache illustrations are just right as they depict Bear in all his suffering glory. . . . Bear and Mouse are the 21st-century Damon and Pythias-kids who haven't met them yet will be happy they've encountered them now.
--Kirkus Reviews

The body language of the characters conveys a huge emotional range. Whether readers are fans of this homey pair or new to the dynamic duo's doings, they will delight in the childlike repartee and comfortable friendship.
--School Library Journal

This comedic duo's exaggerated repartee continues to be funny; the soothing washes of color in Denton's delicately lined illustrations temper Bear's hysteria and Mouse's enthusiasm.
--The Horn Book
The body language of the characters conveys a huge emotional range. Whether readers are fans of this homey pair or new to the dynamic duo's doings, they will delight in the childlike repartee and comfortable friendship.
--School Library Journal

Bear's comic sad-sack histrionics, couched in his formal phraseology, and the contrast with Mouse's perky attempts at assistance deliver bear-sized portions of humor. Kids won't have to be sniffly themselves to appreciate the sickroom drama, but it could also lighten the burden of those sentenced to whining and high Kleenex use.
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Author Bio
Bonny Becker is the author of all three books about Bear and Mouse as well as a number of other award-winning picture books and junior novels. She lives in the US, in Seattle. Kady MacDonald Denton is an author and illustrator of books for children, including the award-winning A Visitor for Bear and A Bedtime for Bear. She lives in Ontario, Canada.