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EASY READERS

Coudray, Philippe

Benjamin Bear in "Fuzzy Thinking"

32 pp. | Candlewick/TOON | August, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-1-935179-12-2 $12.95

(1) K-3 Toon Book series. Translated by Leigh Stein. In these twenty-seven single-page stories, Coudray creates a set of visual haiku for emerging readers featuring Benjamin Bear and a variety of his friends. The koan-like content suggests something akin to lateral thinking for tots--an introduction to fuzzy logic. The book is original, deep-down funny, and, most important, the adventures are steeped in the rare quality of imaginative kindness.

Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2011