Reviews for This Is the Bear

The average rating for This Is the Bear based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-09-16 00:00:00 John Sweeney This is a fast paced children's book. It is about a Bear called Fred, who accidently get's thrown in the bin and taken to the dump! The little boy who own's the bear goes racing to the dump to find him. He enlists the help of the 'Grumpy' dump worker and eventually they find the bear and go home. The bear is excited and wants to go on another adventure. The book had a lovely flow to it and uses rhyming throughout the book; This is the bear who went to the dump: and fell on the pile with a bit of a bump; it has lovely illustrations that go with the story and has speech bubbles within the pictures for extra reading. This would be a fun book to read to Foundation stage children, Nursery and Reception; using lots of different tones and voices to illustrate emotions as the bear gets lost (sad) and found again (happy). It would be a great resource for KS1 children who are begining to learn about poetry. It is a lovely introduction to rhyming words, and children would be able to easily identify which words rhymed within the text.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-12-30 00:00:00 Anthony Hayes Ugh! So a dog pushes the bear into the garbage on purpose. Then the boy who owns the bear goes to the dump (BY HIMSELF!) to retrieve his bear taking the dog with him. And it ends with the boy finding his bear and the dog getting a bone?! This book is filled with secrets, sneaky behavior and kids just going wherever they please with no consequences! To me, this just encourages children to behave in inappropriate habits. Not a "bad dog" nor does the dog apologize to the bear for what happened. Oh no- he gets a bone out of the deal. Maybe h should toss toys in the garbage more often! And the boy traipsing through a dumpyard....No WAY! Not safe at all!