Bear and Squirrel Are Friends . . . Yes, Really!

Bear and Squirrel Are Friends . . . Yes, Really!
Author: Deb Pilutti
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2015-09-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481429140

Yes, bears sometimes eat squirrels. But can they still be friends? Find out in this clever picture book that’s perfect for preschoolers. The other bears said, “Squirrel would make a good midnight snack!” Bear said, “Squirrel’s my friend. I would never eat a friend.” But what happens if Bear gets really, really hungry? Squirrel has just the solution! This story about the power and bond of friendship will warm the hearts—and tickle the funny bones—of everyone who reads it.

If You Go Down to the Woods Today

If You Go Down to the Woods Today
Author: Rachel Piercey
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2021-03-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1647004608

Journey through a magical woodland, with poems to read and things to find My woodland’s full of animals, of every different kind. So shall we stay here for a while and see what we can find? Experience the everyday wonder of nature in this first book of poetry, exploring a magical woodland year. With poems by acclaimed writer Rachel Piercey, join Bear on his journey from spring to winter with lots of friends to meet, places to explore, and things to spot along the way.

Blue and Bertie

Blue and Bertie
Author: Kristyna Litten
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2015-12-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1471123758

A magical tale of finding friendship where you least expect it. Bertie the giraffe's life runs over very straight lines. He always has the same breakfast. He always takes the same stroll. He always naps under the same tree. But - wait a minute - who's this under the tree today? A blue giraffe? Blue?! Kristyna studied Illustration at Edinburgh College of Art and graduated in 2010. She now lives in a beautiful village in Yorkshire where she is heavily reliant on the good old pencil and a great big cup of tea to keep her going, whilst habitually singing, or twiddling her hair. Her first picture book, Flint's Odd Socks, followed by Chickens Can't See In The Dark were highly commended for the Macmillan Prize two year's running.

Cooking with Bear

Cooking with Bear
Author: Deborah Hodge
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2019-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1773063049

This springtime companion to Bear’s Winter Party combines fifteen kid-friendly recipes with a sweet story about friendship and food. When Bear wakes up after a long, cold winter, he makes a special spring lunch and invites Fox to join him. The food is delicious, and Fox asks Bear to teach him how to cook. They walk through the forest collecting honey, nuts and other wild ingredients, and they greet their friends along the way. With an armload of tasty foods, Bear and Fox return to Bear’s den and cook up a feast to share. Afterwards, Bear writes down his recipes so that Fox (and you!) can enjoy many marvelous meals. His cookbook — Best of Bear — offers a selection of kid-friendly, forest-themed recipes, including nut burgers, wild greens pita pizza, hazelnut–chocolate chip cookies and a wild strawberry smoothie. Readers can revisit the animal friends from Bear’s Winter Party and try out fifteen fun recipes in this playful story/cookbook from award-winning author Deborah Hodge, featuring exuberant art by Lisa Cinar. Key Text Features author’s note recipes index Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.

Pax and Blue

Pax and Blue
Author: Lori Richmond
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481451332

A School Library Journal Popular Pick A young boy makes an unlikely friend on his way to school in this sweet and charming picture book from the illustrator of A Hop Is Up. One thing is for sure. Pax is the littlest everywhere he goes. In school. At playtime. On the train. Then Pax meets a pigeon at the park—he names him Blue and makes a friend who knows what it’s like to be small. And understanding each other can lead to the best friendships.

Bunny's Book Club

Bunny's Book Club
Author: Annie Silvestro
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0553537601

Join Bunny as he takes a a top-secret trip to the library in a story that celebrates the love of reading! Bunny loves to sit outside the library with the kids and listen to summer story time. But when the weather gets cold and everyone moves inside, his daily dose of joy is gone. Desperate, Bunny refuses to miss out on any more reading time and devises a plan to sneak into the library at night . . . through the library’s book drop! What follows is an adorable caper that brings an inquisitive, fuzzy bunny and his woodland pals up close and personal with the books they have grown to love. A warm celebration of the power of books, Bunny’s Book Club is sure to bring knowing smiles to any child, parent, teacher, bookseller, and librarian who understands the one-of-a-kind magic of reading.

Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle

Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle
Author: Cathy Ballou Mealey
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2021-05-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1525302388

Two lovable, but unlikely, friends try to get the job done. Sloth and Squirrel have different ways of doing things — and different speeds of doing them. So, when fast-as-lightning Squirrel gets himself and slow-as-molasses Sloth hired as pickle packers to earn money for a new bike, things don’t go according to plan. They’re so bad, in fact, that the friends are shown the door, along with the 677 1/2 jars of pickles they packed incorrectly! Now their bicycle dream is shot. Or so they think — until the resourceful pair come up with an ingenious plan! Whoever said fast and slow don’t go together didn’t know Sloth and Squirrel!

It's OK to Need a Friend

It's OK to Need a Friend
Author: AnneliesDraws
Publisher: Little Brown Bear
Total Pages: 23
Release: 2021-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0711252041

It's OK to Need a Friend is a charming book of illustrations and words of wisdom from instagram artist AnneliesDraws about the power and importance of friendship.

Big Bad Bruce

Big Bad Bruce
Author: Bill Peet
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 54
Release: 1982-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780395329221

Bruce, a bear bully, never picks on anyone his own size until he is diminished in more ways than one by a small but very independent witch. "Another animal fantasy that children will enjoy again and again".--Booklist.