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Horácek, Petr

A Best Friend for Bear

32 pp. | Candlewick | June, 2024 | Trade ISBN 9781536233995 $17.99
(2) PS Black Bear is lonely and sets out into the forest to find a friend. When he runs into Brown Bear, also in search of a pal, they join forces. They look everywhere, but "it was difficult to find a friend." They decide to practice their observation skills by playing hide-and-seek, enjoying themselves and the game immensely. But then Brown Bear hides so well that Black Bear can't find him, and he worries that he has lost Brown Bear forever. When the two are reunited, they finally realize that they have found a friend in each other and set off together happily, paw in paw. Horácek's mixed-media illustrations in rich forest-y colors bring out the bears' sweet, naive personalities and capture their varying emotions as the day unfolds. Young readers will of course catch on long before the protagonists do that the extended friend-search is unnecessary, but that superior knowledge (and the bears' cluelessness) is part of the story's appeal.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2024

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