A Bear and His Boy

by Sean Bryan, Tom Murphy

Overview

“A gleefully ludicrous book.”—Child

Make your kids laugh out loud over and over again with this warm, funny story!

When a bear named Mack wakes up with a boy on his back, we know instantly that we’re back in the droll and sweetly wacky world created by Sean Bryan and Tom Murphy in their first two highly successful picture books about a bunny-wearing boy and his sister Claire, who wakes up with a gator on her hair.

Like A Boy and His Bunny and A Girl and Her Gator, this new picture book will entertain young children and their parents, and put smiles on the faces of their grandparents too.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611450279
Publisher:	Arcade
Publication date:	06/07/2011
Edition description:	Arcade Kids
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 - 18 Years

About the Author

Sean Bryan is the author of numerous children’s books, including A Girl and Her Gator,
A Bear and His Boy, and The Juggling Pug. He works at a New York advertising agency and lives with his wife and son in Darien,
Connecticut.

Tom Murphy is the illustrator of numerous books, including four books with Sean Bryan.
He also works in advertising. He lives with his wife and two children in Westchester, New York.

Editorial Reviews

A gleefully ludicrous book.

Child

Droll cartoons become increasingly less buoyant as a repetitive rhyme consumes this otherwise nicely designed and formatted picture book. The promise of a story in the opening pages-a bewildered bear wakes in his bed to find a boy on his back-is never really fulfilled. After looking at a packed schedule, Bear takes boy (Zach) for flapjacks, to receive a plaque, watch horses race at the track-as the text scans more awkwardly with each "ack." When readers (and the protagonists) finally get to stop and "smell the lilacs," the verse seems forced. Murphy's pleasant olive brown of the busy bear, along with muted yellow backgrounds and highlights, give each two-page spread a comfortable feel-too comfortable to give meaning to the message: to slow down. The simple line drawings of bear and boy are endearing, but just can't overcome the plot deficiencies, either in text or illustration. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews