Pizza

by Frank Asch, Frank Asch (Illustrator)

Overview

Baby Bear gets his first taste of what may be the only food he’ll ever eat again in this “sweetly simple” (Kirkus Reviews) picture book from celebrated and award-winning author and illustrator Frank Asch.

Baby Bear is so excited. He’s going to eat pizza for the very first time! One taste of the warm, saucy, cheesy slice, and it’s love at first bite. Now Baby Bear sees pizza wherever he looks, and he even dreams about it at night. He just can’t get enough of this yummy treat. Will he ever eat anything else again?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442466760
Publisher:	Aladdin
Publication date:	06/14/2016
Series:	Frank Asch Bear Book Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	AD460L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Frank Asch (1946–2022) was a graduate of Cooper Union, and wrote and illustrated more than eighty children’s books, among them the bestselling classics featuring Moonbear and Baby Bear, Russian National Bestseller Award recipient Here Comes the Cat!, and Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Golden Award winner Like a Windy Day. Mr. Asch lived in Hawaii with his family.

Frank Asch (1946–2022) was a graduate of Cooper Union, and wrote and illustrated more than eighty children’s books, among them the bestselling classics featuring Moonbear and Baby Bear, Russian National Bestseller Award recipient Here Comes the Cat!, and Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Golden Award winner Like a Windy Day. Mr. Asch lived in Hawaii with his family.

Editorial Reviews

01/01/2015
PreS-K—When Asch's iconic Baby Bear tries his first pizza, infatuation is evident in his psychedelic eyes. "He had never tasted anything so yummy!" On the way home, all circular shapes remind him of pizza. He dreams of aliens serving pies with inventive toppings like macaroni and cheese or peanut butter and jelly. The next morning, his parents' offers of breakfast options are repeatedly declined, since Baby Bear only wants pizza. Asch's cartoon scenes of the bear family continue to reflect a 1950s flair. Pennants on the bedroom wall, the restaurant with a moustache-wearing waiter in a tuxedo and a violinist in the background, and even Mama's modest jumper and sensible shoes reflect a pleasant nostalgia.—Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA

School Library Journal

2014-12-06
It may be hard for many American readers to believe, but Baby Bear has never had pizza before in this new offering from the beloved creator of Moonbear.When Baby Bear's parents take him to a new pizza parlor, their little cub worries that he may not like this new-to-him food. He does like the restaurant—it smells good, and he has a paper placemat to color on while he waits. When his food arrives, his worries are quickly assuaged when he tastes the pizza. Mama asks him if he likes it, and his response is emphatic: " ‘Like it?' cried Baby Bear. ‘I love it!' " That night Baby Bear sees pizzas in everything around him (the round moon, car tires, even a manhole), and he dreams of fanciful pizzas in his sleep. When he awakens the next morning, his parents offer various breakfast choices, but he rejects them and requests (what else?) pizza. Their chagrined expressions suggest that they see they've created something of a pizza monster with the prior night's dinnertime outing. Fans of Asch's prior Moonbear and Baby Bear books will recognize the anthropomorphic ursine characters, the art's style and the simple story structure. A sweetly simple story that hinges on not just Baby Bear's appetite, but his imaginative flights of fancy, too. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews