The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Feiffer, Jules

I Lost My Bear

40 pp. January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-688-15147-7 | Library ISBN 0-688-15148-5

(1) K-3 With great comic insight, Feiffer captures the high drama that ensues when a child misplaces a beloved possession. Feiffer's loose-lined cartoon style effectively blends text and illustration for optimum comic timing; the varying perspectives and size and placement of the frames extends the narrative drama as well as the characters' emotions. A very funny and affectionate family satire, raised almost to the scale of full-blown grand opera.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.