Bear for Breakfast

Written by Robert Munsch · Illustrated by Jay Odjick

A boy's quest for a bear breakfast leads to unexpected encounters in the woods.

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32 pages· ~490L

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Bookroo's summary

Donovan craves a breakfast like no other—bear, just like his grandfather used to have. Embarking on a whimsical hunt through the woods, he encounters an ant, a squirrel, and a dog, but none satisfy his appetite. When Donovan finally confronts a real bear, he discovers that some meals are best left uneaten. Will Donovan's breakfast dreams come true, or will he learn a valuable lesson about what truly makes a meal special? Join Donovan on his adventurous and humorous journey to find out.

From the publisher

Donovan is hungry for a special kind of breakfast . . . BEAR!It’s breakfast time and Donovan knows exactly what he wants this morning! Not eggs, not pancakes, not cereal. No, what he wants is BEAR, just like his grandfather used to eat for breakfast!So Donovan sets off to bag a bear of his own, going on an adventurous hunt through the woods, where he stalks and is stalked by an ant, a squirrel, and a dog – but they are not bears, so he shoos them away!When Donovan finally meets a real, big and growling bear, he quickly learns that sometimes breakfast tastes best when it doesn’t have any teeth!This story was inspiredby Donovan, a first-grader in in La Loche, Saskatchewan, a Chippewancommunity in northern Saskatchewan that Robert Munsch visited in January, 1990. When Robert asked what the kids liked to eat, Donovan said that he liked to eat BEAR!

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