The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Becker, Bonny

A Visitor for Bear

56 pp. | Candlewick | February, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-2807-9 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton. "No visitors allowed." The sign on Bear's door is clear, but one mouse is undeterred. He pops in, only to be thrown out. Denton's warm, inviting illustrations belie Bear's inhospitable behavior, and Becker's energetic narrative zips along. At story's end, Bear entreats the mouse to stay. By a friend's presence, Bear is transformed; text and art handle the shift with aplomb.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2008