Little Bear's Friend

By Else Holmelund Minarik, Maurice Sendak (illustrator),

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Little Bear makes a new friend but misses her when summer ends.

One summer Little Bear makes friends with a girl named Emily and her doll Lucy. But when summer ends, Emily must leave. Little Bear is sad—until he finds a way to stay close to his new friend even…

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The Little Bear series is my all-time favorite of the early reader genre; Minarik’s wisdom about childhood worries and pleasures shines on every page, and Sendak’s rich, delicate drawings gorgeously render an entire world. In this gentle tale of friendship, Little Bear meets a human girl, Emily, who is lost in the woods. He helps her find her family, and soon they are fast friends, playing games, helping Duck baby-sit, and even attending a party at Owl’s house. When Emily’s doll Lucy breaks her arm, only Little Bear knows what to do. But when the summer ends, will Little Bear ever see…

This is a perfect union of a gifted author with a gifted artist. I loved this book as a child and was delighted to witness the same reaction in my daughter. I learned to read with this book and what a feeling that was! It is a book with four short chapters all about love and friendship. Emily and Little Bear encounter one another in the forest. Little Bear introduces his new friend to the world of other animals out in nature doing very human things that kids love to do. Little Bear’s mother is one of those great mothers.…

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