A Best Friend for Bear

A Best Friend for BearA Best Friend for Bear by Petr Horáček
Published by Walker Books on April 7, 2022
ISBN: 1406397547
Pages: 32
Genres: Animals
Format: Picture Book Fiction
Source: MSL Book Review
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five-stars

First US edition 2024. Published in UK in 2022. This book is sublime in its simplicity. Black Bear decides to look for a friend. He meets Brown Bear who is also looking for a friend so the bears decide to search for a friend together. They search everywhere, but a friend is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile they help each other and play hide-and-seek much like friends would do, and leave the woods laughing and holding hands on the final page. The simple, colorful artwork featuring either the black bear or brown bear is joyful and the text is heart-warming. Highly recommended for preschool storytimes.

Reviewed by Barb Rehmeyer, Liberty Library

five-stars