Bare Bear - Hardcover

Miriam Moss was born in England but also grew up in Africa, the Middle East and China. She taught English in the UK and Kenya before becoming a writer. She has since written over 70 books for children. Most notable among them are "The Snow Bear" (Dutton Books), and "Don't Forget I Love You" (Dial Books). "Bare Bear" is her first book with Holiday House. She is married with three kids, two cats and a dog.

PreS-Gr. 2. There's a lot of movement in this delightful, rhyming story: a quest, fairy-tale characters barging in, and, throughout, a wind blowing tree branches, animals, and various articles of clothing all over the place. A bear, Busby, living in a cozy mountain lair, wakes up one morning to find that his clothes, which had been drying on the clothesline, have blown away, leaving him a "bare bear." Embarrassed, he sets off in search of them, and, like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, encounters a variety of characters, whom he enlists in his quest: a hare dressed as Little Red Riding Hood, a mouse with a bow tie, a warty ogre. The comical artwork, by the illustrator of Cluck O'Clock (2004), bursts with charmingly goofy details and interactive fun, and the swirling, crosshatched brush strokes she uses cleverly give a sense of the breezy backdrop. Connie Fletcher
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved