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K-3World of Reading series.
In their entertaining first easy reader, Mouse Nibbs has a mission: put a smile on the face of ill-tempered bear-caregiver Bruce. Breakfast in bed (and syrup in fur), a picnic (ants in the sandwiches), etc.--"Big Fun Day" is a bust for Bruce...or is it? As always, Higgins's sight-gag-filled art allows readers to look past Bruce's furrowed unibrow to the cuddly pushover underneath.