Room For Bear

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: July 24, 2015

Review

When Bear wakes up from hibernation and is looking for a place to live, he visits five ducks and he just never leaves. However, living conditions are not optimal as Bear is huge and the ducks and, well, ducks. They make a decision and all set out in search of an ideal home. The places that are just right for Bear are not at all right for the duck family and the choices the duck family find perfect are just not right for Bear. So, they go back to the duck abode and Bear decides to leave for good. They all miss one another and a compromise must be made. Will a solution be found? The illustrations, done in pencil and watercolor, are spot on and children will be amused by all the fun things that Bear and the ducks enjoy: listening to music through headphones, Bear floating on his back with a little duck with floaties on his arms riding on his belly, and reading group time when hankies are needed as they are reading Eat, Quack, Love. Children in unusual families will relate to the compromises Bear and the ducks make in order to keep the family together and happy.

Overall Book Score: very good