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PRESCHOOL

Morris, Richard T.

Bear Came Along

40 pp. | Little | June, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-46447-5 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-316-46445-1

(2) PS Illustrated by LeUyen Pham. This boisterous adventure is about discovery and friendships forged when least expected--all in the form of a wild log-ride. A river "didn’t know it was a river" until...Bear shows up. Bear doesn't know he's on an adventure until...a frog leaps onto his head. And so it goes until...the animals plummet over a waterfall in an exhilarating vertical spread. Pham's illustrations have a 1980s-cartoon feel yet remain fresh.

Reviewer: Julie Danielson | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2019