A Bear is a Bear (except when he’s not)

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A Bear is a Bear (except when he’s not)

Karl Newson and Anuska Allepuz

(Nosy Crow)

‘A Bear is a Bear (except when he’s not), so what is he? What would he be, if a bear forgot? Could he be a moose? Or a fox, of course! What might that entail? Could Bear dance and prance, or grow antlers and taste dry grass? What about fly like a bird? Perhaps Bear might be a squirrel. It seems as though that’s a possibility… However, being a squirrel involves climbing ‘so high‘…. Yet, this is a bear who could give ‘it a try‘.

Why is Bear forgetting? Could it be the time of year? Might Bear need a cave and a deep and meaningful sleep? Karl Newson and Anuska Allepuz have collaborated to create a wonderful whirl of ursine confusion. Poor Bear? Who is he? Might he need a dose of Little Bear’s Spring to remind him of how things need to be? Or even a dip into another Bookwagon Newson favourite, I Am a Tiger?

We love the rhyming suggestions, the desperate efforts to remember and the empathetic, gentle pictures. ‘A Bear is a Bear (except when he’s not) is a glorious picture book.