The Bear Came Over to My House (Picture Puffin Books) [Paperback]

Rick Walton (Author), James Warhola (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Series: Picture Puffin Books

The bear came over to my house to see what he could see. . . . And what do you think the bear saw? ME! But the bear doesn't stop there. He came over to get what he could get (wet), think what he could think (I stink!), and even wear what he could wear (a chair?). Join the bear and his animal friends as they spend the whole day going from one sticky mishap to another in this boisterous takeoff of the American tune "The Bear Came Over the Mountain."

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Ages 3-6. Inspired by the familiar song "The Bear Came over the Mountain," this amusing story has playful language, cute pictures, and a try-to-guess-the-rhyming-word-before-I-turn-the-page format that will make it popular for interactive story-time sessions. The repeating pattern begins with a three-line stanza, which ends with a question that is answered on the next page. For example, "The bear came over to my house / To eat what he could eat. And what do you think the bear ate?" A turn of the page shows the bear enjoying "A treat," with the words appearing in bold type at the top of the page. The middle line of the stanza changes with each new sequence: "To do what he could do . . .," "To get what he could get," and so on. Each time the audience is asked to guess what the bear did, got, thought. Warhola's bright, silly watercolors sometimes provide a clue and almost always a laugh. The book will be fun to read aloud, and its repetition and rhyme will make it a good choice for increasing sight-word vocabulary and reading-readiness skills. Lauren Peterson
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Puffin (February 24, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0698119886
• ISBN-13: 978-0698119888
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8.3 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,839,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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