![]() Bear is big and hogs the images, just as he does the water, food and flowerbed, but this is no 'playground bully' story, it's just Bear being a bear, although the story could well encourage children to talk about when they have felt pushed out from something they've been enjoying. The illustrations, especially the entirely happy Bear in the flowerbed and the anxious faces peering out from the window, are wonderfully expressive. Bear eats Squirrel's corn cob and Bird's seeds, drinks Dog's paddling water and takes a nap in the flowerbed. It was a perfect day - and then bear appears and the emphasis shifts to it WAS a perfect day. Cat is sleeping in the flowerbed, enjoying the sun Dog is enjoying the cool water in the wading pool Bird is enjoying some birdseed and Squirrel a corn cob. ![]() What a simple but entirely clever story from Lane Smith, about a perfect summer day. ![]()
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