Bear & Hare Share!

by Emily Gravett, Emily Gravett (Illustrator)

Overview

Two friends learn to share in this fourth picture book in a charming and clever series from Emily Gravett.

Friends Bear and Hare go for a walk to look for things to do. But Hare is finding it hard to share anything they come across. Will Hare ever learn that playing together is more fun than yelling “Mine!”?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481462181
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Publication date:	07/05/2016
Series:	Bear & Hare
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	12 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Emily Gravett is the author and illustrator of many children’s books, including Matilda’s Cat, Again!, Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal), Meerkat Mail, Tidy, and Old Hat. Her first book, Wolves, was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Award for Illustration. Her second book, Orange Pear Apple Bear, was a Quills Award finalist, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, and on the shortlist for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Emily lives in Brighton, England, with her partner, their daughter, and the family dog. Visit her at EmilyGravett.com.

Editorial Reviews

★ 2016-03-30
Bear and Hare are more toddlerlike than ever.Bear's the mellower of the two, Hare the scowlier, but their power dynamic is changeable. In Bear & Hare Go Fishing (2015), Hare was subordinate and a bit trampled; in Bear & Hare: Snow! (2015), Hare had all the fun and smirked at hapless Bear. This time, out walking, they find a flower, a balloon, and an ice cream cone as big as Hare. Their dialogue invites readers to chime in: " ‘Share?' asked Bear. / ‘Mine!' said Hare." Petulantly determined not to share, Hare chomps the flower, grips the ice cream cone with long ears as well as arms, and keeps grasping the balloon even while Bear's pulling on it. Will there be conflict? Hare eats the edibles, bursts the balloon (well, they both do that), and glares—"But Bear didn't care." Bear's well of forgiveness is endless—matching how quickly and irrationally toddler resentments (sometimes) disappear. When Bear goes briefly away, Hare gets some painful comeuppance. Gravett uses her mastery of expression and composition in fabulous illustrations. Her pencils, watercolors, and crayons make details pop: flower petals sagging out of Hare's mouth; the primary-colored, liquid-paint-y balloon and its tiny shards after it bursts; pink ice cream staining Hare's mouth. Backgrounds are white except for a bit of grassy ground, and the visual mood is cheerful.Well worth sharing. (Picture book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews