Bruce's Big Move

by Ryan T. Higgins, Ryan T. Higgins (Illustrator)

Overview

From the New York Times bestselling MOTHER BRUCE series, perfect for bedtime, classrooms, readalouds, and any time you'd like a good laugh.

After the events of Hotel Bruce, our favorite curmudgeonly bear shares his home with not only his four geese, but three rowdy mice besides! Fed up with their shenanigans, Bruce sets off to find a rodent-free household. But as usual, nothing goes quite according to plan. . .

A hilarious sequel for fans of the previous Bruce books, as well as a standalone discovery for new readers, Bruce’s next reluctant adventure is sure to keep kids giggling.

Also in the Mother Bruce Series:
· Mother Bruce
· Hotel Bruce
· Be Quiet!
· Santa Bruce
· Bruce's Big Storm
· The Bruce Swap
· Hey, Bruce!
· Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow
· Bruce Saves the Planet: A Disney Planet Possible Book

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781368003544
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/26/2017
Series:	Mother Bruce Series
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 12.20(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD510L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Ryan T. Higgins (ryanthiggins.com) is an author and illustrator who likes the outdoors and cheese sandwiches. He is NOT a grumpy old black bear, but he DOES like making books about one-starting with the best-selling Mother Bruce, which received the E. B. White Read-Aloud Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor. He lives in Maine with his wife and kids . . . and too many pets.

Editorial Reviews

PRAISE FOR MOTHER BRUCE—New York Times Best Seller

PRAISE FOR MOTHER BRUCE

"Higgins turns classic picture-book scenarios upside down, then wrings them for contemporary laughs."—The New York Times

PRAISE FOR MOTHER BRUCE

"[H]ats off to Ryan T. Higgins."—The Wall Street Journal

PRAISE FOR HOTEL BRUCE—Junior Library Guild Selection

PRAISE FOR HOTEL BRUCE—Kids Indie Next List

PRAISE FOR HOTEL BRUCE

"As cheekily funny as the illustrations are, even funnier is their juxtaposition with the often understated narration. . . . A merry, witty celebration of chaos and grumpiness."—Kirkus Reviews

PRAISE FOR HOTEL BRUCE

"The illustrations are delightful, with lots of visual humor for those who pay attention to details. . . . This latest installment is sure to enchant a wide audience."—School Library Journal

PRAISE FOR BE QUIET!—Junior Library Guild Selection

PRAISE FOR BE QUIET!—Kids Indie Next List

PRAISE FOR BE QUIET!

*"Higgins has once again drawn up a winner."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

From the Publisher

2017-09-21
Mother Bruce wants to escape the size—and chaos—of his family.This crotchety, black-and-dark-indigo bear now fully accepts that the four goslings he accidentally adopted (Mother Bruce, 2015) are his forever children and that, although they're grown now, they're not leaving home. They even sleep on top of him. He can't accept, however, the presence of three mice who once commandeered his house for a hotel (Hotel Bruce, 2016). They're adults (one has a mustache), but they sleep atop Bruce with the geese; they soak in Bruce's teacup; they rope the geese into messy games (literally, during one cowboy lasso scene). Direct marching orders fail. Poor, misanthropic Bruce! Higgins conveys sympathy for Bruce (who is both male and a mother, no explanation particularly needed), beset by noise and chaos, without censuring the mice too harshly. Bruce's idea to move house and leave the mice behind is a failure, naturally. Readers can sympathize with grumpy Bruce while also cheering for the geese, nonverbal but expressive, when their beloved mice siblings return. The illustrations feature deft, fine-lined details and luminous, softly-textured backgrounds. The full-bleed spreads are hilarious, especially one showing everyone in a bubble bath, Bruce scowling, suds overflowing, the geese and mice sporting snorkels and masks.A funny, delightful argument both for and against a hermitic life. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews