Author: Peter Brown
Age: 3-6
Rating: 5/5
About: A bear finds a boy in the woods and takes him home to be her pet. But her mother warns her that Children make terrible pets.
Thoughts: I read this in storytime to my group of 3 year olds, and they hung off every word. Right from the start, they were smiling. They especially seemed to like that the boy-pet makes "squeak" sounds instead of talking like they would have expected. During the story the boy goes missing and at this part when I looked up they all looked worried. One little girl had a full frown and looked like she was about to cry! Luckily all turns out well for the bear and her boy.
This story has a moral ending, but if you turn one more page past the end of the text, you'll wonder if the spunky little bear has learned anything at all.
*Peter Brown also wrote The Curious Garden which I love, but have never read in a storytime. The Curious Garden is about a boy who cultivates a small garden on some abandoned train tracks in an industrial city. It's awesome.
I think the library should have a story time for adults. Seriously.
ReplyDeletewe've actually had this suggestion before, but we're not convinced people would show-up for it, or that it would be worth the investment.
ReplyDeleteBut maybe we can institute an after Sunday-dinner storytime chez-Vous?