Barefoot Books- LadyD: Books About Bears

A Bear Wagon: Marilyn Scott Waters

It seems everyone of my grandchildren have held these delightful books about bears at one time or another. They love to see the bears in different professions as they head off to work. My grand kids from ages 5 on down play with bear puzzles and games, and coloring activities. How about your family?

I could go on and on about the other bear books published by Barefoot Books but here are 5 for today that come from a winning team of Blackstone and Harter.

My Marketplace

Head off to work with Bear as he delivers mail and learns about other professions. Rhythm and rhyme drive the clever text, and a full-spread illustration of the professions at the end reinforces the learning and invites readers to go back through the story to spot the different working bears.

Board Book-Paperback for $6.99

Discover lots of different shapes with Bear — there are triangles on the waves, diamonds on the crown and stars in the sky. Rhyme, repetition and counting establish this book of shapes, and a two-page spread recapping the shapes and colors reinforces the educational building blocks.


Bear On A Bike-Board Book and Paperback

There are so many wonderful things to point out on each page when you ride about with this adorable, cuddly Bear with a repetition and poetic flow of the story. This is a favorite of preshoolers.

Bear In Sunshine available in Board Book and Paperback

Enjoy the seasons with Bear, as he partakes in a different activity for each kind of weather. The rhyme and humor of the text help to introduce the concepts, and a two-page spread of the four seasons offers a recap at the end.

The newest addition to the Barefoot Books series is:

Bears Birthday-Paperback-Written By: Stella Blackstone and Illustrated By: Debbie Harter

This book is about joining Bear as he celebrates his birthday. Children can help Bear count backwards from 10 to 0 and find out who is making his balloons disappear. The text and colorful pages are best for ages 2 to 6 years.

The cool thing is that if you want to look at (preview) more of these book illustrations, visit http://ladyd.barefootbooks.com

LadyD with Barefoot Books is participating in two book memes on Monday:
5 A Day Books and Book Sharing Monday.

“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.” — C. S. Lewis

My Family from WiddlyTinks.com

1 comment:

Isil SimsekTuesday, August 16, 2011
These bear books were a firm favorite with my daughter around 1.5-2 years. I adore the illustrations and am looking forward to reading them with my son.He is 19 months old but comparing with my daughter, his attention span is much shorter. Here is my post
http://smilinglikesunshine1.blogspot.com/2011/04/book-sharing-mondaythe-bear.html
As always, thanks for linking up to BSM.