Welcome to the Big Blue House (Bear in the Big Blue House (Board Books Simon & Shuster)) [Board book]

Ellen Weiss (Author), Joe Ewers (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Bear in the Big Blue House (Board Books Simon & Shuster)

Which room in Bear's house has the most surprises? Come on inside and find out in Welcome to the Big Blue House! -- with 13 flaps to lift.

Product Details

• Board book: 12 pages
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 068982386X
• ISBN-13: 978-0689823862
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,031,130 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ellen Weiss has lost count of how many kids' books she's written, that's how long she's been doing it. There are probably over 200, from board books to chapter books to middle-grade novels, fiction and nonfiction, silly and serious. They have won many awards, and have been adapted into a Disney TV movie and a BBC radio play. Two of them, THE TAMING OF LOLA and PORKY AND BESS, were named Bank Street Best Books of 2010. She loves to collaborate, and she often writes with her husband, Mel Friedman. She also loves to rescue stray dogs, but she had to stop when the aforementioned Mel Friedman told her he would divorce her if she brought home one more filthy, un-housebroken, weird mutt.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AN ESSENTIAL COMPANION FOR BEAR LOVERS, December 6, 2000

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"hurburgh" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Welcome to the Big Blue House (Bear in the Big Blue House (Board Books Simon & Shuster)) (Board book)

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If your pre-schoolers love " Bear in the Big Blue House" on TV, they will adore this book.

Jim Henson has over the years created some very lovable characters. The Bear has to be one of the best so far.

In this "Lift the Flap" book we get to meet all Bear's friends. We have Pip and Pop covered in suds in the bath. And then there's Treelo under the bed covers and Ojo under the sofa.

Open the shutters and look out the attic window. Who do we see? It's our special friend Luna.

A perfect bed time book for the young ones.

"Good night, my friend" says Bear.

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great book for 1 & 1/2 year olds and up., February 25, 2000

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Compac "csilver" (SW Virginia, the home of VA. Tech Univ.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Welcome to the Big Blue House (Bear in the Big Blue House (Board Books Simon & Shuster)) (Board book)

This book is a great adjunct to the TV show. As new parents we are just learning about ALL the kids shows. We can't stand the Purple Dino, So we like Tele-Tubbies and such. We discovered this show on the Disney Channel and Our child likes The Big Bear, Luna the Moon, and all the songs.

As for the Flaps, as all parent know or will find out, little kids will pull them off if not watched when they play with the books on their own

She can already find all the characters by name and loves to point to them as we say the names, since she still has a Caveman vocabulary.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book - AND Durable TOO, April 11, 2003

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"amyburgoyne" (Glen Allen, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Welcome to the Big Blue House (Bear in the Big Blue House (Board Books Simon & Shuster)) (Board book)

I don't usually do reviews, but this book has survived for 3.5 yrs now which is unusual for the "lift the flap books". I have 16 mo twins and my little girl twin likes these kinds of books but finds them to be the "lift and rip and tear" books. Not so with this book - the flaps have actually survived her curiosity and destructiveness! And of course, we all love Bear, Tutter and his friends. A worthwhile purchase for your kids library.