The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Wood, Don , Wood, Audrey

Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear!

48 pp. | Scholastic/Blue Sky | October, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-439-32092-5 $$15.95

(4) PS Illustrated by Don Wood. Written in the same second-person style as the first book about the little Mouse, this companion has an updated look, featuring glossy pages and a brighter color palette. This offering is more daring--little Mouse shares his presents with the bear, who has none, even though it means risking a trip to his cave. The ending is unsatisfying (the mouse goes to bed before opening his gift from the bear), but this will be a story-hour hit.

Reviewer: Anne St. John