Big Bear Hug
Book 1 in Life in the Wild
- Subject
- Science & Nature - Environment
- Age
- 3-5 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- Kids Can Press
- Size
- 20.6 cm × 20.6 cm
- ISBN
- 9781554534647
A huge bear is wandering through the forest - but wait a minute! Who's that he's hugging? A beaver? And a moose? And a bird? And a tree? Welcome to the world of Big Bear Hug, a contemporary fable about a bear who has an appetite for hugging everything in sight - even creatures that bears have been known to eat. One day, the benevolent bear meets up with a human. This human proceeds to do something the bear cannot understand: he raises his axe and begins to cut down a tree. Suddenly the bear doesn't feel like hugging anymore and must make a difficult decision on how to stop this destruction in his forest. The environmental message of Big Bear Hug is both funny and powerful, while simple enough to engage very young children and show them the awesome power of a hug.
About the author
Nicholas OldlandAuthor
Nicholas Oldland enjoyed success as a commercial artist before taking up the role of creative director at Hatley and Little Blue House, popular apparel companies he runs with his brothers. He is the author-illustrator of the Life in the Wild series and Dinosaur Countdown. Nicholas lives in Toronto, Ontario, with his family.
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What reviewers said
... the book's quick humor makes it easy to embrace.
Oldland's rustic-styled digital artwork looks like a hip flannel pajama print ... and his pictures play sly comic foil to the earnest text.
This debut is a treat for the tree hugger in all of us.
... an attractive and appealing book.
