From Publishers Weekly
Bear Child is back, and this time he's taking his young readers through activities, hour by hour, beginning with waking and lasting through bedtime. Each hour, displayed clearly on a large clock, finds Bear Child helping his mom, playing alone or just performing daily routines. Even while he sleeps, the clock hands continue to turn until a full 24-hour-day is completed, and the cycle begins anew. Rockwell's large and vivid illustrations are an eyeful for any youngster, and her clocks are uncomplicatedonly hourly times are displayed. This fine introduction to time-telling will delight parents and help children who have mastered numeral recognition. Ages 4-7.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K Rockwell's full-page watercol ors are delightful, showing Bear Child in various activities as the day passes. Pre schoolers will identify with the familiar ac tivities and enjoy the clear pictures clean ly placed on a white background. Opposite each picture a large clock face shows the time. This will be good to use with children who are learning to tell time and to associate times of day with specific activities. The text is appropriate, but dry and choppy, e.g., ``It is nine o'clock. Bear Child is eating breakfast.. . . . It is eleven o'clock. Bear Child is playing in the park,'' etc. In Around the Clock with Har riet (Crown, 1984), the Maestros devel oped a similar idea using a smoother text. Still, this is successful on instructional and visual levels and will be useful in story hour as well as in one-on-one situations. Nancy Kewish, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Cleveland
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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