The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Coudray, Philippe

Benjamin Bear in "Bright Ideas!"

32 pp. | Candlewick/TOON | March, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-1-935179-22-1 $12.95

(1) K-3 Toon Book series. Translated by Leigh Stein. Encapsulated in each of twenty-seven one-page comic-strip dramas, Benjamin Bear's world is one of challenges both philosophical and physical. New readers will be served by the balance of story between speech bubbles and (needfully exact) illustrations. This companion to Benjamin Bear in "Fuzzy Thinking" rewards what six-year-olds are already good at (scrutiny), encourages a new skill (reading), and enlarges the imagination (heaven).

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2013