A Kiss for Little Bear (An I Can Read Book)

in 1957, Harper Published Its First I Can Read Title, Little Bear, Written By Else Holmelund Minarik And Illustrated By Maurice Sendak. Large Type, Simple Vocabulary, Chapter-like Divisions, And Decorative Pictures Made Little Bear Perfect For Emerging Readers They Could Read The Story Comfortably And Not Feel Overwhelmed By The Text. Following Suit Came Such Classics As Peggy Parish's Amelia Bedelia Series, Lillian Hoban's Books About Arthur The Monkey, And Syd Hoff's Popular Danny And The Dinosaur. Many Books In This Series Are Special In The Depth Of Emotion Evoked - Little Bear, The Frog And Toad Books By Arnold Lobel, And Daniel's Duck By Clyde Bulla, To Name A Few - And All Are Enjoyed By Children Of All Ages. Preschool - Grade 1. Little Bear is so pleased with the picture he has drawn that he asks Hen to take it to his grandmother. Grandmother is so happy with it that she sends him back a thank-you kiss. How the kiss is passed from Grandmother, to Hen, to Cat, to Little Skunk, to a pretty girl skunk, and back to Little Skunk, and how eventually it comes again to Hen and finally to Little Bear will delight children just learning to read. Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak, the creators of the first Little Bear book for beginning readers, once again blend their extraordinary talents in a tender story filled with warmth and laughter. This beloved classic is an ALA Notable Children's Book and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Grandmother likes Little Bear's picture so much she sends him a thank you kiss. "Will you take it to him, Hen" she says. Hen passes the kiss to Frog who passes it to Cat who passes it to Little Skunk until Hen decides there is too much kissing-and finally gives the kiss to Little Bear Little Bear's thank-you kiss from grandmother gets passed on to him by many animals and greatly aids the skunks' romance. One track of sound disc has page-turn signals The story of a little bear who received a kiss from his grandmother via several other animals "This picture makes me happy," said Little Bear.