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32 pp.
| Down East |
June, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-0-89272-918-0$16.95
(3)
K-3
Except for a few spare sentences, Hayes's illustrations tell most of the story of a bear family (presumably from The Winter Visitors) watching humans vacationing at a summer cottage. The bears cleverly--and humorously--appropriate the people's possessions only to return everything (mostly) at the end. Readers will enjoy interpreting the looks of dawning comprehension on the humans' faces.