The Bear Family's World Tour Christmas [Hardcover]

Kestutis Kasparavicius (Author)

Book Description

Grade Level: P and up

The winter holidays are a time for visiting family and friends and the Bear family is lucky to have them all over the world! Everyone in the Bear family wants to visit somewhere different for Christmas, so they come up with the solution of flying around the world in their balloon house! First they visit the Polar bears in the far north who are fishing through the ice. Then it's off to sunny Peru to visit the Spectacled Bears. As their travels continue, the family sees how different bears around the world prepare for the coming of Christmas. Finally they return home in time for a visit from Santa Bear! After receiving their presents, the children show Santa all the exciting places they have visited. Award-winning illustrator Kestutis Kasparavicius brings the excitement of Christmas to life with his colorful and expressive paintings.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Unable to decide on a single destination for the holidays, a family of bears attaches a balloon to their house and circles the globe. In the far north, they visit their cousins the polar bears; in Peru, their friends the spectacled bears; in Australia, the koalas, and so on. Lithuanian artist Kasparavicius's meticulously detailed watercolors play up the international settings with abundant wit, including a nonchalant emu doing duty as a Christmas tree, painted green and decked with ornaments for the holidays Down Under. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-The Bear Family can't decide which of their friends and relations to visit over the holiday, so they decide to see all of them. Their house just happens to be attached to a huge hot-air balloon, which is a good thing because their travels take them from the Far North to Australia to China, Peru, and Sri Lanka. Finally, they reach their favorite aunt and uncle's house, where Santa Bear arrives with gifts. Kasparavicius's intricate and imaginative illustrations encourage a second and third look to see all the unusual details.-M. A.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams; First Edition edition (October 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810905736
• ISBN-13: 978-0810905733
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 9.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,251,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bear Family visits friends from all over the world at Christmas time, August 20, 2009

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KSL "emma-and-me" (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bear Family's World Tour Christmas (Hardcover)

It is November and the brown Bear family wonders where they should spend their Christmas. Pappa, Mama, Buddy, Theo, Jo-Jo and Cher bear all have their own ideas of friends they should visit. Why visit one family when we can visit them all! And off they go with a huge balloon tied to their home which reminds me of the movie Up.

They visit their friends the Mr. & Mrs. White (polar bears) via a rope ladder. They bake cookies inside an igloo and father bear is carving an ice Christmas tree. Next the family is off to sunny Peru to visit their friends the Spectacled Bears. On to Australia where an emu is decorated up like a Christmas tree and there is a father Christmas Koala riding on top of a kangaroo and the Koala family.In Sri Lanka they visit their friends the Sun Bear family and have tea. In China they visit their friends the Panda family where grandpa panda is coming on a boat next to a home in a bamboo forest. And their last visit was with Uncle & Auntie Teddy and their cousins and that is where Santa Bear finds them and gives them all gifts. They gave Santa bear some milk and cookies and then lead him over to a globe of all the places they had been.

This is a very cute bear story, I do love the illustrations that Kestutis Kasparavicius drew. They certainly do make the story. I was surprise that Chinese New Year was not shown as it normally is.... but the book is still just as sweet!
Nice addition to your Christmas books to share each year.