Got to Get to Bear's! by Brian Lies
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on October 30th 2018
ISBN: 0544948823
Pages: 32
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Bear needs his friend Izzy chipmunk, nothing is going to interfere in this fast paced cuddly winter story.  It takes a little longer, the snow is a little deeper yet the four animal friends are determined to make it to Bear’s cave.   Some may think that bats are cuter but this reader believed that Lies has made a good transition to forest animals in his newest picture book.   Each character exposes their own personality with whimsical articles of clothing and detailed facial expressions.

Friendship has no prejudice in this book, regardless of the size or type of creature these five animals are fast friends.  Pre-school children will enjoy the action and lively use of color while school age children are apt to pick up the goal of reaching a friend in need and the cooperation of each character.  Add this to public libraries where snowflakes  fall and to media centers that collect picture books for grades K-3.

 

Reviewed by Jan Hamilton, retired librarian in Scarborough, ME