Big Bear, Little Bear: A Board Book

by Marine Schneider

Overview

Big Bear, Little Bear is a simple board book with a sweet take on contrasts, featuring a parent and child from Marine Schneider.
 
Big Bear. Little Bear. Big Bear’s boots. Little Bear’s boots. Big Bear’s bed. Little Bear’s bed.

This simple and sweet board book, featuring bold primary-colored art, compares Big Bear and Little Bear and the big and little everyday objects—boots, teacups, chairs, beds, and more—they each use in their lives together as parent and child.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781951836283
Publisher:	Abrams Appleseed
Publication date:	09/21/2021
Pages:	22
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Marine Schneider is a Belgian illustrator whose books include Life and I: A Story About Death and I Am Life. She lives and works in Brussels.

Editorial Reviews

**STARRED REVIEW**
"The simple pages cycle through several everyday objects in this affirming, loosely chronological account, with progressive spreads taking the bears from coffee to dinner to bed, providing a smooth, soothing opportunity for human guardians to do the same."

— Publishers Weekly

"The concise, accessible language on each spread and the visual clues in simplified, sunny art will have toddlers guessing along in a soothing glimpse of parenting... Perfect for the board book shelves, this is an ideal book for baby story hours."

— School Library Journal

From the Publisher

2021-10-27
Big Bear and Little Bear have many things in common—some with slight, unexpected twists.

Big Bear wears a yellow top and white pants, and Little Bear wears a white top with yellow pants. They both have boots, a coffee cup, a plate, a toothbrush, and slippers. All things are distinguished mainly by their size: Big Bear’s things are big, and Little Bear’s things are little. In some instances, a strain of tenderness infuses the story. For instance, Big Bear’s car is exactly that, but Little Bear’s car is a cloth sling across Big Bear’s back. Big Bear’s house and Little Bear’s house are precisely the same one. Big Bear’s chair is a brown wooden one, reminiscent of the classic story “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” but Little Bear’s chair is Big Bear’s welcoming lap. Big Bear’s lovey is Little Bear, and Little Bear’s lovey is a plush white rabbit. The final spread will resonate with many adults and children: The illustration on the verso depicts a cozy bed with Big Bear in it (“Big Bear’s bed”), and the illustration on the recto shows bothbears in the same snug bed (“Little Bear’s bed”). Originally published in French, Schneider’s childlike illustrations are colorful and attractive, set against plain, monochromatic backgrounds.

A sweet story that pulls on the heartstrings. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews