Mimi and Bear Make a Friend

by Janee Trasler, Janee Trasler (Illustrator)

Overview

Mimi is used to being the best mountain climber, the best treasure hunter, and the best trapeze artist in the park—that is, until a new kid turns up. What's worse is that he is better than her at all of these things. But when a need for a friend arises, Mimi learns that she is a really good one. Mimi and Bear Make a Friend brings a sweet, charming story to little ones learning what it means to be a friend.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466897083
Publisher:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date:	05/16/2017
Series:	Mimi and Bear
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	84 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	2 - 6 Years

About the Author

Janee Trasler has written and illustrated many books for children, including Mimi and Bear in the Snow and the popular Chickies board book series. She lives in Grapevine, Texas, with her husband, two dogs, two guinea pigs, and a pile of puppets.

Editorial Reviews

As in this book's predecessor, the softly colored, rounded, cartoon-style illustrations seem like they'd be a good fit for animation, and they match the gentle tone of the text . . . A friendly sort of read.” —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2017-03-15
Mimi and her stuffed animal Bear make a new friend at the playground in this follow-up to Mimi and Bear in the Snow (2014).Anthropomorphic brown bunny "Mimi was the best at everything" at the playground. Illustrations show her besting Bear as she climbs higher on the jungle gym, digs for treasure in the sand, swoops down the slide, and swings on the swing. Since Bear is clearly inanimate, this leads to some visual chuckles, as the blue stuffed toy slumps over a bar on the jungle gym and sits with sand on its head next to the sandbox. It also helps to be "best" when there's nobody else besides your stuffed toy to compete with. Lo and behold, a newcomer squirrel arrives and climbs higher, finds better treasure, and swoops faster. Feeling discouraged, Mimi at first doesn't notice that the squirrel is struggling while swinging up high on the swing. When the newcomer falls, she offers comfort with Bear, proving that even if she is "not…the best at everything…she was definitely a good friend." As in this book's predecessor, the softly colored, rounded, cartoon-style illustrations seem like they'd be a good fit for animation, and they match the gentle tone of the text throughout this quiet story. A friendly sort of read. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews