Bear on the Bed, The
- Publisher
- Kids Can Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2004
- Category
- Bears
- Recommended Age
- 5 to 8
- Recommended Grade
- k to 3
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553376873
- Publish Date
- Feb 2004
- List Price
- $6.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781553370369
- Publish Date
- Mar 2002
- List Price
- $15.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
A little girl's trip to summer camp is turned upside down when a high-spirited bear pays her a visit. Now, this bear could have gone fishing, jogging, hiking or biking. Instead, he makes himself right at home in the little girl's cabin, laying claim to her bed. First he grabs a quick nap. Then he joyfully plucks a tune on his banjo. This song and dance routine leads to more colorful antics, and in no time at all the naughty intruder is literally swinging from the rafters!
About the authors
Ruth Miller's stories are in rhyming text with delightful illustrations. They are excellent read-aloud books for preschoolers and young school aged children. Ruth lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Multiple award winning illustrator Bill Slavin was born in Belleville, Ontario. His work includes the acclaimed 'Stanley's Party' written by Linda Bailey, 'Who Broke the teapot!' as well as more than 100 award winning children's books.
Among his many honours, Bill has won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, the Blue Spruce Award, the California Young Reader Medal and the Zena Sutherland Award for Children's Literature. Recently, he has returned to his childhood love of comics and graphic novels, writing and illustrating the graphic novel trilogy Elephants Never Forget, as now the Mordecai Crow trilogy. Quid Pro Crow is Bil's second book with Renegade Arts Entertainment.
Awards
- Short-listed, Childrens’ Choices, International Reading Association
Editorial Reviews
Miller relates an anecdote, which is based on one of her own summer camp experiences, in rollicking, rhyming verse. Throughout the story, an enthusiastic, big brown bear opts out of myriad campground diversions in favor of hanging out in the cabin and on the bunk of a mortified little girl in pigtails.
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