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Highlights
- Four animal friends try to cheer up a very cranky bear in this delightful rhyming read aloud from bestselling picture book creator Nick Bland.
- NAPPA Gold Awards (Picture Book) 2014 3rd Winner
- 3-5 Years
- 9.9" x 9.4" Hardcover
- 32 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Social Themes
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About the Book
Four animal friends try to cheer up a very cranky bear. Bland's expressive, adorable illustrations complement delightful, rhyming, read-aloud text in this lesson about the importance of sharing with others. Full color.Book Synopsis
Four animal friends try to cheer up a very cranky bear in this delightful rhyming read aloud from bestselling picture book creator Nick Bland. The first book in the popular Very Cranky Bear series!
When Moose, Lion, Zebra, and Sheep take shelter in a cave on a cold and rainy day, they discover a bear is already there! Bear roars loudly, but the animals don't understanding why Bear is so cranky! They each come up with ways to cheer Bear up. Moose finds antlers for him, Lion gives him a mane, and Zebra paints on stripes. Is there anything the four well-meaning friends can do to help Bear sleep?
Acclaimed creator Nick Bland's expressive, adorable illustrations complement delightful, rhyming, read-aloud text in this lesson about the importance of sharing with others. Readers will be delighted by the first book in the bestselling Very Cranky Bear series.
Review Quotes
Praise for The Very Cranky Bear:
"Thoughtfulness and caring for others are the take-home messages in this simple, rhyming tale." -- Booklist (The Very Cranky Bear)
"Bland's silly jungle tale . . . will have young listeners giggling, particularly once Bear's all dolled up." --Kirkus (The Very Cranky Bear)
"Using a singsong rhyme scheme and a comically bumbling animal cast, Bland (The Runaway Hug) playfully introduces the concepts of consideration and respect . . ." -- Publisher's Weekly (The Very Cranky Bear)
About the Author
NICK BLAND always wanted to be a writer and a cartoonist, but it wasn't until he started working in a bookstore and rediscovered children's literature that he found a way to channel this ambition. He is the author of The Runaway Hug and The Magnificent Tree and author and illustrator of The Fabulous Friend Machine, King Pig, Monster Chef, A Monster Wrote Me a Letter, Some Dads, Some Mums, Twinkle, The Unscary Book and the Cranky Bear picture books. Nick lives in the jungle near Darwin, Australia.