I like kids' books because I don't have to pretend to be an adult when I read them. I first read Big Bear Hug during one of the happiest moments of my life - traveling and sightseeing Edmonton and Jasper with my ex-girlfriend, her Australian-doctor cousin, and his doctor-colleague-friend who flew...
I think I liked this book more than my kids. The story follows the bear as he happily goes about the forrest loving and hugging everything he sees. There's that little bit of suspense as he follows than man with the ax since we, unlike the bear, know he isn't gazing at that tree with innocent lov...
A picture book in the vein of Scardey Squirrel that centers on the struggle of a moose who can't let himself let go of his fears and embrace life. He strikes out on a sailboat, and discovers that there is fun in risk taking!Really delightful illustrations, but the story was only okay for me (perh...
A Book about being considerate to others and about caring for the environment.Busy Beaver was also busy, BUT he was also, careless and messy. His dams leaked, he left trees half-chewed, and once he even topped a tree on a bear's head, and chewed the leg of a moose, thinking it was a tree. He ma...
PreS-gr2This book just cracks me up. The illustrations are very funny - done with just a few touches that create humor. Bascially three friends try to canoe. And there are problems, since it takes a while for them to figure out how to work together, not against each other. I loved the illustr...