The main idea of this book is growing up and all the new things that come with growing older. I liked this book quite a bit for several reasons: the writing, plot, and illustrations.
I found the writing for this book very pleasing and affective because of the constant rhyming and repetition. Every page consisted of ABCB rhyming. It was also nice for young readers to have the phrase “for that’s what big bears always do”. With the repetition, it helped me continue to relate what the bear is doing back to his original idea, what am I going to do when I grow up.
Along with the writing, I also enjoyed the plot of this book. It showed the progression of the main character growing up and all the fun things that he will do when he gets older. It was interesting to see all the fun things he would do and I believe that it would be a nice way to show children how they age.
Finally, I enjoyed the illustrations of this book. The bright colors and the kind/realistic looking characters made the books pleasing to look at while also relating the writing back to the characters. Along with bringing the writing to life, the illustrations allowed the reader to imagine with the bear all the fun things he plans to do which will hopefully cause the children to mentally envision all the things they want to do in “about a year” or “in a year or four”. ( )

Baby Bear dreams of what he will do as he grows older, but even when he�s all grown up, he’ll return to be tucked in and listen to stories from his mother and father

genre: Through the fantasy of the book the reader is able to see into the life of the bear. The bears communicating with others is unrealistic which brings fantasy into this book.

media: water color and ink

use: lesson on dreams, lesson on growing up ( )

This is a great book as a read aloud because it has
colorful, large pictures.It could be used when learning
words because it has repetition. It could also be used
when teaching about rhyming. Ages: 5-8 years.
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This is a great poetry book. It has many rhyming words that a teacher can point out to students.Baby bear tells about when he grows up and all the wonderful things he will do. A student can connect with this book because it tells of what can be expected for young readers when they grow up. ( )