Cheery persistence wears down a curmudgeonly bear in a wry come. Fiction bear tries everything to keep a mouse out of his house, but the mouse is very persistent. Bonny becker, author of a number of awardwinning picture books and middlegrade novels, says that the persistent mouse featured in a visitor for bear just popped into her head one day and wouldnt go away. Bonny beckers most popular book is a visitor for bear. The illustrations capture the characters perfectly. This is a live reading of the childrens book a visitor for bear by bonny becker and illustrated by kady macdonald denton. A visitor for bear by bonny becker, kady macdonald denton.
Bear doesnt want visitors but a cheerful mouse with a knack of friendship persists until bear relents. My mom urged us up narrow mountain roads and out to empty deserts in search of. My dad was a respected smalltown doctor, who dreamed of dancing like fred astaire and drove a motorcycle to his rounds in the dead of winter bundled in a huge parka. Readers are sure to enjoy this delightful book about friendship. In a visitor for bear, a mouse insistently intrudes upon a bear despite the bears clearly placed no visitors sign. With her remarkable a visitor for bear, becker teams with top notch illustrator kady macdonald denton to bring us a book that actually goes on beyond cute into something more. A visitor for bear bear and mouse by becker, bonny. A visitor for bear by bonny becker, 9781406323429, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Several other bear and mouse stories are in the works. A visitor for bear bear and mouse by becker, bonny february 26, 2008 hardcover on. A visitor for bear bear and mouse by becker, bonny february 26, 2008 hardcover. Book supplement this bear and mouse are the stars of bonny beckers childrens story a visitor for bear. A visitor for bear by bonny becker 2008, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay.
By bonny becker, kady macdonald denton illustrator. A visitor for bear book by bonny becker thriftbooks. This is a book that warms the cold cockles of even the grumpiest heart. Writing a scary book for young readers is a tricky business. I love, love, love, bonny beckers bear and mouse books. Cheery persistence wears down a curmudgeonly bear in a wry comedy of manners that ends in a most unlikely.
Picture books, however, offer the greatest test any author or artist has to face. A visitor for bear has the feel of a classic, and its so cozy no parent could object to reading it aloud every night. Bonny becker has 21 books on goodreads with 16681 ratings. On the other, books are part of how we teach children what is and isnt socially acceptable behavior. People who cringe at the sight of bambi and shudder at baby chicks will be instantly charmed by becker and dentons tale of a grump that. Bonny becker, author of a number of awardwinning picture books and middlegrade novels, says that the persistent mouse featured in a visitor for bear just popped into her head one day and wouldnt. A visitor for bear by bonny becker stories for kids childrens.