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Little Brown Bear and the Bundle of Joy

By Jane Dyer

     Little Brown Bear wants to know what's making her parents so busy. What's this "little bundle of joy" they're talking about? Little Brown Bear sets out to find out, asking animal neighbors and meeting their little bundles of joy. Each bundle seems a little too noisy, a little too boring, and a little too stinky for Little Brown Bear. Thankfully a wise, and oddly dressed frog helps Little Brown Bear see that there are good things about having babies around. The illustrations for this book are soft and very sweet. Some of the clothing looks a bit odd on the baby bundles -- the foal seemed especially strained -- but I was so delighted by a little sheep dog in a blue romper and a great Mommy sheep in shorts that I forgave the odd bumps. My five-year-old daughter liked the book, especially since she already knew what a little bundle of joy was -- she liked being one up on Little Brown Bear. And the parents' reassurance that Little Brown Bear will always be their big bundle of joy makes this a great book for parents getting ready to add a new baby to a toddler's life.

The Book

Little Brown and Company / TimeWarner
January 2005
Format
0316174696
Children's Picture Book [Ages 4 – 8]
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The Reviewer

Jan Fields
Reviewed 2005
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