John and
El's Favorite Books
The
bears' picks for best books: May 2000
These titles should be available at your local library.
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Can't
You Sleep Little Bear? by Martin Waddell
Illustrated by Barbara Firth Little Bear has a hard time
getting to sleep in the
dark bear cave until Big
Bear finds a large enough
light to calm all his fears.
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Jamberry by Bruce Degen Boy and bear join in a joyous jam-jamboree
as they romp in rhyme
through the pages,
picking billions of berries.
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Jesse
Bear, What Will You Wear?
By Nancy White Carlstrom
Illustrated by Bruce Degen Follow Jesse Bear from morning to
night
as he wears shirts and
pants, sand and ants,
stars and skies, and sleep
in his eyes.
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Where's
My Teddy by Jez Alborough
Lonesome Freddie,
looking for his teddy,
meets up with a real bear
who has lost his best
friend too.
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Blackboard
Bear by Martha Alexander
Blackboard Bear springs
off the wall, drawn from a
preschooler's imagination
after his big brother says
he's too little to play
with the older boys.
He finds that when a little
boy has a big bear,
being little doesn't matter
after all.
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book reviews are written by respected children's librarian
Barbara Lintner of the
Urbana Free Library in Urbana, IL. AKA,
Natalie's Mom.
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