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A Birthday for Bear (Bear and Mouse) | 
| Author: Bonny Becker
Creator: Kady MacDonald Denton
Publisher: Candlewick
Category: Book
List Price: $15.99
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 62197
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 56
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0763637467
EAN: 9780763637460
ASIN: 0763637467
Publication Date: September 8, 2009
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Product Description
Can a relentlessly cheery Mouse wear down a party-pooping Bear? The unlikely pair are back in a droll, utterly charming tale that early readers will celebrate.
Bear does not like birthdays. He doesn’t like parties or balloons, cards or candles. In fact, Bear does not like anything to do with birthdays at all. He would much rather spend his birthday alone cleaning his house, but Mouse, small and gray and bright-eyed, has other ideas. The author and illustrator who created the best-selling picture book A VISITOR FOR BEAR return with another comedy about the curmudgeonly Bear and his eager friend Mouse, this time in an early-reader format.
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Review from www.firrkids.com October 23, 2009
www.firrkids.com
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I very much loved A Visitor for Bear, which deservedly received a fair amount of national attention (list of awards here) when it was published last year. This is a gem of a story that details how a mouse chock full of cheery persistence wears down a curmudgeonly bear. If this is the first you have heard of this comedic duo, listen to the story on NPR here.
When you find a book as delightful as this, it is always a thrill to hear of a sequel being released. I am tickled pink to see the ever grumpy bear and tenacious mouse make a reappearance. Mouse is delighted to help celebrate his friend's birthday, but Bear is much less enthusiastic - downright rude actually.
Mouse turns up bearing a nicely decorated card and Bear actually lies about it being his birthday! He tells Mouse in no uncertain terms that he does not like birthdays, he does not like birthday cards and he most certainly will NOT be having a birthday party! Then he unceremoniously sweeps him from the house. Bear thinks he has made himself quite clear, but we know how Mouse can be . . .
Sure enough, Mouse returns wearing his trademark grin, masquerading as a balloon bearing deliveryman, a posting with a birthday greeting and finally as Santa Claus carrying a very large package. Each time Bear is wise to his tricks, seeing through each disguise to boot Mouse from the house.
Bear is getting just a tiny bit worn down by Mouse's antics and begins to wonder what sort of present could be in that large box. Just then the doorbell rings, revealing one large chocolate cake. Bear glares and peeks into the bushes, but there is no Mouse in sight. As Bear swipes one sweet pawful of chocolate cake - TA-DA - Mouse erupts from the cake. Just as he sweet talked his way into this friendship in the first book, he persuades Bear to celebrate his birthday with a cake, balloons and a wonderful gift.
Mouse is very persistent and Bear is very resistant. The fun is what happens when they meet in the middle. I love watching these two face off - you can practically see the wheels turning in Mouse's head and the waves of frustration coming from Bear. This unlikely pair combine to become a huge hit which will have readers giggling out loud!
Another special "Bear" book November 29, 2009
M. Neal (New York, NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a delightful story with equally delightful illustrations! A Birthday for Bear is a wonderful story about a curmudgenly bear, reluctant to celebrate his birthday and his cheerful, devoted friend, Mouse, who will stop at nothing to celebrate his friend's birthday. The story is sweet and engages my preschooler on many levels. It invites discussions of what it means to be a friend, to give to other people and why our friends may feel differently than we do. We read the book often and it never ceases to delight.
Page by Page Delight October 8, 2009
Grier Jewell (Olympia, WA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After the wildly entertaining smacktacular splash made by "A Visitor for Bear," Bonny Becker's follow up early reader, "A Birthday for Bear," does not disappoint. What can I say? It's a page by page delight to read. I shared it with a five-year-old who immediately needed it read three times--it's just so darn fun! Kids are going to love spotting Mouse in his disguises as he tries to deliver birthday surprises to Bear who, as usual, is being a bit difficult.
It would have been so easy for Bonny Becker to cash in on her success with "A Visitor for Bear" and phone this one in, but she did just the opposite. "A Birthday for Bear" leads picture book lovers into the early reader scene without a hitch. Kids can grow up and into the world of reading with these fabulous and familiar friends.
more bear and mouse December 16, 2009
hugo (GREAT FALLS, Vatican City State (Holy See))
This one continues the adventures of bear and mouse, it works as an individual book too but it feels like it was written after a visitor for bear anyway.
Bear is as grumpy as before, but mouse is more daring and way funnier than before.
It is great book for young children, it holds a great lesson on how sometimes you have to try extra hard to reach others, the reward is in this case a friendship that continues to grow in between the characters. I would wish for the series to continue and show the evolution of the bond in between those two.
Highly recommended.
A Delightful Odd Couple April 19, 2010
David Patneaude (Woodinville, WA USA)
Sometimes friendship finds its own way, despite built-in obstacles and those presented by the friends themselves. These two characters will make you wish you could slip into the pages and get to know them better. If you like grinning, if you like the feeling of a warm heart, you'll want to view and read about this delightful odd couple. Mouse and Bear, what a pair!
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