Bear and Bird: The Adventure and Other Stories by Jarvis
Series: Bear and Bird #3
Published by Candlewick Press on September 10, 2024
ISBN: 153623544X
Pages: 64
Genres: Children's Beginning Readers, Emotions & Feelings
Format: Chapter Book Fiction, Early Reader
Source: MSL Book Review
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Bear and Bird are "bestest" friends and this is the third collection of stories from author-illustrator Jarvis about the pair. In this collection of four stories we watch as they navigate situations that most best friends do; how to help a friend when they are sick, The Hole, how to add a third friend (always tricky) to the group, and we go along as they embark on an adventure! Misunderstandings come up in the process and Bear, Bird, and Mole sort out how to work through them with care and concern for themselves and one another. Through it all Bear and Bird are always there for one another!

These stories are wonderfully warm with charming illustrations that carry the reader from one story to the next seamlessly. This would be a great book for emerging chapter book readers as well as a great read aloud with many opportunities for class participation (The Dance from story 1, would be a ton of fun) and engagement activities.

Suggested age: 5-8

Reviewed by MaryAnn Lopes, Elementary Librarian, Lewiston Public Schools.