World Famous Comics: The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear (Child's Play Library)
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear (Child's Play Library)
By: Don Wood Publisher: Masters Press Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Masters Press Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 32 Publication Date: 1997-01 Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Product Description: A book for pre-school and early primary readers, The Big Hungry Bear is the story of a little mouse and you (you are the only one who speaks). What you try to do is trick the mouse into giving you his 'red, ripe strawberry' by making him think 'a big hungry bear' is chasing him, wanting to take it away.
All Preschoolers love this book! I found this book at the library when searching for books for my preschool class. I had never read it before, but I love Don and Audrey Wood and I thought the children would enjoy the charming illustrations and the simple text in this book. Boy was I right! This book quickly became the favorite of the entire class. When choosing books for naptime, the children would inevitably argue over who would have this book on his or her cot so I began to read it to ALL of them before they went to sleep. Pretty soon they had memorized the text and would say it out loud with me. When it was time to take it back to the library we had a going away party, complete with mouse ears and, of course, red, ripe strawberries!
When I was transferred to another preschool with children from at-risk backgrounds, they too loved this book! Many of these children who already had very tough exteriors at ages 3 and 4 would simply melt for this book! My reciting the text of this story helped one little boy with multiple health conditions to remain calm during some pretty scary times.
Now, I've bought the book for Christmas for my nephew who just turned three. My sister just e-mailed me to tell me he absolutely loves it! He loves to say "Boom Boom Boom! Big hungry bear's coming!" This book is tried and true and will please ANY preschooler, and even older and younger children.
Wonderful illustration This book is great. I had it for my kids now I am buying it for my grandkids.
Second Generation to Enjoy This Book The Big Hungry Bear was a favorite of my grandchildren and I took great delight in reading it to them while they cuddled on my lap. They are grown now and I have a great grandchild on the way and bought the book as a gift for my grand daughter to read it to her new niece. It was the book I had my grandson (the father of the new baby) read to me when he first learned how to read. I'm sure the "greats' will enjoy this book as well as the Christmas Big Hungry Bear book too.
Such a fun book! This has been one of my favorite books to read to children since I was young. It is just a really fun story!
Cute book My 6 year old son loves this book. It is a short story and keeps his attention.
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