Everyone has the sniffles, either from the flu, or the horrible cold going around, or the weird weather this winter, or just the wintertime blahs. Instead of Valentines, here's my love-letter to the common cold.
The Sniffles for Bear
Bonny Becker, illustrated by Kady McDonald Denton
ISBN: 9780763647568
Bear is the MOST dramatic, and I feel a special kinship with this particular brand of woe-is-me melodrama. This time around, Bear is QUITE SICK and doesn't feel that his friend Mouse appreciates the gravity of the situation: reading happy books, singing cheerful songs, playing a banjo! Just disgraceful. If only Bear had the energy to explain to Mouse how wrong he is. Take heart, after a nice nap, Bear is feeling much better, and now it's Mouse's turn to feel just a bit droopy and sniffly.
Don't You Feel Well, Sam?
Amy Hest, illustrated by Anita Jeram
ISBN: 0763610097
Little bear Sam gets a cough at bedtime and a patient Mom walks him through taking his cough medicine, before settling down in a warm kitchen with honey tea and a comfy chair to wait for it to snow.
Bark, George
Jules Feiffer
ISBN: 9780062051851
George's mom is very confused. She keeps asking George to bark, and he makes noises... but they all are from the wrong animals! A trip to the vet clears up the problem, but does leave one lingering issue to be discovered on the last page. This one is always a kid-pleaser.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Tuesday Storytime: We're Beary Beary Sick.
I've had my annual sinus infection for the last two weeks, and I was actually going for a general "sniffles" theme. I was amazed that there are three good story-time appropriate books featuring sick bears. I suppose I shouldn't have been, and I couldn't resist the wordplay.
Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze!
Maureen Wright, illustrated by Will Hillenbrand
ISBN: 9780761459590
Bear is wandering the fall woods, and the personified Wind is messing with his mind by blowing things away every time he sneezes. Poor bear insists that it's his sneezes, and tries to fix the damage (tacking leaves back on trees with hammer and nails, stacking fallen apples on branches) while the Wind grows more and more upset with him, finally chasing him back to his cozy den.
Bear Feels Sick
Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman
ISBN: 9780689859854
I love all of these books, Chapman's illustrations and Wilson's rhymes just fit so perfectly together into a happy warm fuzzy place where nothing bad ever happens. In this one, Bear is, obviously, sick, and his friends pull together to help him feel better. In the end, Bear is better, but the friends have all caught the bug, and now need care themselves.
The Sniffles for Bear
Bonny Becker, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
ISBN: 9780763647568
Poor bear here looks almost rat-like at times, with his dolorous red schnozz and his weakly curled hands as fate and illness are bemoaned and overacted. I'm just tickled by the pictures. This Bear is DRAMATICALLY SICK. Perhaps DYING. Unfortunately, mouse is not suitably impressed by this terrible news, and insists on mundane comforting advice and companionship. What's a drama-bear to do? Perhaps DIE... or maybe just a nap. The ending here, like Bear Feels Sick, makes a point that the caretakers usually end up sick themselves, just when the sick-ee is feeling better.
Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze!
Maureen Wright, illustrated by Will Hillenbrand
ISBN: 9780761459590
Bear is wandering the fall woods, and the personified Wind is messing with his mind by blowing things away every time he sneezes. Poor bear insists that it's his sneezes, and tries to fix the damage (tacking leaves back on trees with hammer and nails, stacking fallen apples on branches) while the Wind grows more and more upset with him, finally chasing him back to his cozy den.
Bear Feels Sick
Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman
ISBN: 9780689859854
I love all of these books, Chapman's illustrations and Wilson's rhymes just fit so perfectly together into a happy warm fuzzy place where nothing bad ever happens. In this one, Bear is, obviously, sick, and his friends pull together to help him feel better. In the end, Bear is better, but the friends have all caught the bug, and now need care themselves.
The Sniffles for Bear
Bonny Becker, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
ISBN: 9780763647568
Poor bear here looks almost rat-like at times, with his dolorous red schnozz and his weakly curled hands as fate and illness are bemoaned and overacted. I'm just tickled by the pictures. This Bear is DRAMATICALLY SICK. Perhaps DYING. Unfortunately, mouse is not suitably impressed by this terrible news, and insists on mundane comforting advice and companionship. What's a drama-bear to do? Perhaps DIE... or maybe just a nap. The ending here, like Bear Feels Sick, makes a point that the caretakers usually end up sick themselves, just when the sick-ee is feeling better.
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