Bear's Good Night
Jane Cabrera
Board book
(Candlewick, May 13, 2002)
Two inviting board books illustrate a single word on each page - then put them all together in a surprise pop-up ending.Children love to learn the words that correspond to special objects in their life - and so do Bear and Monkey! BEAR'S GOOD NIGHT follows Bear in a sequence of cheery scenes - riding on Monkey, holding a look-alike teddy, gazing at the moon, showing off his plaid slippers, and absorbed in a picture book. This time the final spread merits a double take, as a sleeping Monkey and Bear pop up in bed with the teddy, slippers, and book strewn around them - under a quilt that looks like the real night sky with its crescent moon.
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