A Fall Day for Bear [Hardcover]

Can gruff and grumpy Bear cheer up his usually upbeat friend Mouse? With signature with and whimsy, this delightfully mismatched duo is back in a much-anticipated seventh story!

One fall day Bear is getting ready to have a picnic with Mouse. But when it’s time to leave together, there is no tap, tap, tapping on Bear’s front door. Where is Mouse, small and gray and bright-eyed? Bear sets out to meet him on the path, only to find his friend sitting alone on a stump, looking sad, lamenting the changes of the season—leaves falling, flowers dying, birds migrating. “I don’t like it when things go away,” Mouse says quietly. How can the curmudgeonly Bear cheer up his usually cheery friend? With characteristic warmth, this perfectly paced story of friendship, difficult feelings, and a well-meaning role reversal meets the healing power of laughter in the masterful hands of Bonny Becker and Kady MacDonald Denton.Fitting right in with storytime themes such as fall, bird migration, and friendship, this appealing picture book, the fifth in the Bear and Mouse series, is well paced, amusing, and sure to charm both loyal fans and children meeting these lovable characters for the first time. Denton’s wonderfully expressive artwork, created with ink, watercolor, and gouache, captures the characters’ emotions as well as the humor of the narrative, the beauty of the season, and the double meaning of fall.
—Booklist (starred review)

Greatly entertaining art. . . .A cozy tale of pals weathering more than the weather.
—Kirkus Reviews

Bear and Mouse are an epic pair, sitting comfortably with other ­time-honored children’s book friendships, like Frog and Toad. . . .A perfect rainy-day read showcasing the joys of solid friendship.
—School Library JournalBonlc8