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The Best Kind of Bear
Contributor(s): Gormley, Greg (Author), Barrow, David (Illustrator)
ISBN: 153620823X     ISBN-13: 9781536208238
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
OUR PRICE:   $15.29  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: November 2019
* Not available - Not in print at this time *
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Bears
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2019939644
Lexile Measure: 460
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 10.1" W x 11.7" (1.20 lbs) 32 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Friendship
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
"This heartwarming tale can be enjoyed as a simple story or used to talk about identity, relationships, and belonging. Thoughtfully layered and simply sweet." --Kirkus Reviews

When Nelly asks Bear what kind of bear he is, he isn't entirely sure how to answer. So off he goes to find out. But none of the different bears he meets on his travels are like him. Grizzly bears don't have stitching; polar bears don't have tags attached to their bottoms; spectacled bears are not as soft and bouncy as Bear is; and sun bears never wear bow ties. Disheartened, he returns to Nelly . . . only to discover what kind of bear he is -- her own special bear