Bear & Hare -- Where's Bear?

by Emily Gravett, Emily Gravett (Illustrator)

Overview

Two animal friends play a game of hide and seek in this third picture book in a charming series from Emily Gravett.

Bear and Hare are playing hide and seek! Hare counts to ten. Bear hides, but Hare finds him quickly. Again. And then again! But when Bear counts—1…2…3 all the way to 10—Hare hides. Will Bear find Hare? Will Hare find Bear?

Told and illustrated with Emily Gravett’s characteristic flair, this picture book for young readers is the perfect companion for friends of all sorts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481456159
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Publication date:	04/26/2016
Series:	Bear & Hare
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	AD240L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Emily Gravett is the author and illustrator of many children’s books, including Matilda’s Cat, Again!, Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal), Meerkat Mail, Tidy, and Old Hat. Her first book, Wolves, was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Award for Illustration. Her second book, Orange Pear Apple Bear, was a Quills Award finalist, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, and on the shortlist for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Emily lives in Brighton, England, with her partner, their daughter, and the family dog. Visit her at EmilyGravett.com.

Emily Gravett is the author and illustrator of many children’s books, including Matilda’s Cat, Again!, Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal), Meerkat Mail, Tidy, and Old Hat. Her first book, Wolves, was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Award for Illustration. Her second book, Orange Pear Apple Bear, was a Quills Award finalist, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, and on the shortlist for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Emily lives in Brighton, England, with her partner, their daughter, and the family dog. Visit her at EmilyGravett.com.

Editorial Reviews

02/01/2016
PreS-K—The friends from Bear & Hare Go Fishing and Bear & Hare: Snow! (both S. & S., 2015) are back, this time in a domestic setting, playing hide-and-seek in the house. Bear takes a turn hiding but isn't very good at it, so Hare hides while Bear seeks. Bear isn't very good at seeking, either. While looking for Hare under a blanket, Bear crawls into bed and falls asleep. Tired of waiting to be found, the frantic Hare tries to find Bear but fails to look under the blanket. Frustrated, Hare bellows, "I WANT BEAR!" and is reunited with his ursine companion. As in other "Bear & Hare" adventures, the text is spare and simple, making Gravett's winsome illustrations in pencil, watercolors, and wax crayon stand out on the ample white backgrounds. Bear and Hare's colorfully painted countdown numbers one through 10 dance across the spreads. In characteristic Gravett fashion, there's plenty of quiet humor in the expressive pictures, such as Bear trying to hide behind a lamp or looking for Hare in a teapot. VERDICT A sweet story for the youngest readers, who will relate to the joys and frustrations of hide-and-seek.—Yelena Alekseyeva-Popova, formerly at Chappaqua Library, NY

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