A Bedtime for Bear
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Picture Book · Ages 3–6 · 2010 · Est. 6 min read-aloud

A Bedtime for Bear

By Bonny Becker, Kady MacDonald Denton (Illustrator)

Part of the Bear and Mouse series

Bear needs silence to sleep, but Mouse can't stay quiet.

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48 pages· 696 words· Est. 6 min read-aloud
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Bear craves silence for sleep, but his lively friend Mouse struggles to keep quiet. As night falls, their contrasting needs spark a humorous bedtime adventure. Can Bear find peace, or will Mouse's antics prevail? Discover the delightful chaos that ensues when a curmudgeonly bear and an irrepressible mouse share a night of unexpected hilarity.

From the publisher

“Denton’s ink and watercolor illustrations ably express the dry humor of Becker’s dialogue and personifications, which make this a bedtime standout.” – Publishers Weekly (starred review) Bear must have absolute quiet when he goes to bed. But the effervescent Mouse, small and gray and bright-eyed, finds it terribly hard to be as quiet as a . . . well, you know. With masterfully paced slapstick humor, droll repartee, and comic visual details, the curmudgeonly Bear and his irrepressible friend Mouse return in another wry adventure.

At a glance
Format
Pages
48
Words
696
Reading age
3–6
Audience
Picture
Lexile
AD520L
Themes & topics
Books about friendshipBooks about bearsBooks about bedtimeBooks about miceBooks about bedtime and dreams
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~3.4
F&P level
~N
Publication
Published
October 11, 2016
First published
September 14, 2010
Publisher
Candlewick
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780763688905

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