Where, Oh Where, Is Baby Bear? (Baby Bear)

by Ashley Wolff (Author) Ashley Wolff (Illustrator)

Where, Oh Where, Is Baby Bear? (Baby Bear)
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Series: Baby Bear
Baby Bear is back in this cozy, seek-and-find companion to the celebrated Baby Bear Sees Blue and Baby Bear Counts One. When Mama and Baby Bear go out to look for food one night, curious Baby Bear wants to wander and explore. Each time his Mama Bear calls for him, Baby Bear turns up in a different place. Where, oh where, could Baby Bear be?
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PreS-When night falls, the sweet and curious black bear cub and his mother go looking for food. Mama hunts and Baby Bear explores. "'Where, oh where, is Baby Bear?' calls Mama." Readers won't worry, because Wolff has hidden Baby Bear in the spread for them to find. "Here I am, Mama," he replies each time. The sky subtly darkens as they make their way through their world, each page featuring creatures that share the habitat with the bear family: the placid owl, a faun, raccoons, and otters. Here too are the mushrooms, ferns, and cattails of a woodland life, providing young viewers with a window into nature. The scope of their adventure is recalled at the end of the story, as Wolff shows the pair making their way back through the meadow, around the pond, across the river, between the birch trees, down the cliff, and into their den. The ending is predictable but comforting--Baby Bear asking, "Where, oh where, is Mama Bear" and her retort "Here I am, right beside you." Wolff uses linoleum block images printed on paper in black, which she then hand-watercolors. The juxtaposition of hard black printed lines with the subtle colors of nature at night are a perfect match to the narrative. The act of reading the book with an adult mirrors its theme--the balance of independence and nurture. This iteration of Baby Bear's adventures will find success as a lap-sit or story time at home or in a library. VERDICT This title is a winner--vivid illustrations, a narrative that begs for call and response, elements of seek-and-find, and an introduction to woodland nature. A must-have for all collections.--Lisa Lehmuller, Paul Cuffee Maritime Charter School, Providence

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Review quotes

Mama and Baby Bear are back, enjoying a summer evening of foraging enlivened by an enthusiastic game of hide-and-seek....Wolff hides Baby Bear in plain sight for children to spy. Each time he reveals himself, the cub identifies both an element of his woodland habitat and an English preposition to learn about....Wolff fully masters her media—linoleum prints luminously enhanced with watercolor. Children will pore over these pages, identifying creatures of woodland and meadow. Twilit enchantment.—Kirkus Reviews—STARRED REVIEW "September 2017"
Ashley Wolff
Ashley Wolff lives in Vermont and is the author and illustrator of more than sixty books for children, including the modern classic Miss Bindergarten series by Joseph Slate, and her own celebrated Only the Cat Saw; Where, Oh Where, Is Baby Bear?; Baby Bear Counts One; and Baby Bear Sees Blue. Visit her at AshleyWolff.com.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781481499163
Lexile Measure
380
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Publication date
October 17, 2017
Series
Baby Bear
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV002030 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Bears
JUV009000 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | General
Library of Congress categories
Bears
Mother and child
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship
JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Bears
JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / General

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