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Dear Bear

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I teach first grade and used this book for a week's lesson in language arts. The students loved the book and enjoyed the ending thoroughly. The book shows kids how fun writing letters can be and how important it is to communicate their thoughts through writing.

"Dear Bear" is a delightful book that I enjoyed just as much as my first graders did.

A little girl is convinced that a terrifying dangerous bear lives under the stairs in her home. Her parents deal with her fear in a very creative way: they suggest that she write a letter to the bear asking him to go away. What develops is a friendship written back and forth through letters from the "bear" to the girl and vice versa. My favorite page is the last page! The bear writes the girl a last letter and invites her to tea under the stairs. The little girl is nervous, but gets all dressed up and goes. She walks into the little cubby underneath the stairwell and discovers a really cute teddy bear set up by a tea set and another note asking to come live with her (he's tired of living under the stairs). So very cute and a very creative way of helping a child conquer her fears.

This is a cute and delightful book. My daughter brought a copy home from the library one day. I read this to her. She and I liked the book so much that I bought a copy to keep for our personal library. It has cute illustrations and a very sweet story.

I'm so glad Amazon carries it; we've checked it out several times from the library and my twins love it every time. My two year-old daughter makes me read it over and over and over again at one sitting. Clever story and lovely illustrations.

This is a cute book about a girl dealing with her fear. Mom "plays" along to help her daughter overcome her fear.

My five year old loved this book. We read it every night for a week. She loved the story of how the Bear gradually became a friend. The story inspired her to ask a lot of questions and led to some very insightful discussions. The pictures really added to the story. I highly recommend this book.

This is a wondersul book about a girl who writes letters to the bear that lives under her staircase. Dear Bear is a great book about friendship, trust, and overcoming fears.