Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
New picture books illustrate educational concepts and engaging story lines. Animals big and small join in for a game of hide-and-seek in Where Is Bear? by Lesl?a Newman, illus. by Valeri Gorbachev. As Bunny counts down, her friends scurry off. Bunny easily finds even the tiniest insects ("Ant and Beetle slip below/ the big black shiny wing of Crow") but it takes the whole group's efforts to find Bear. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-A wonderful rendition of the ever-familiar hide-and-seek game, this rhyming story gives readers a forest-animal version. Bunny kicks things off by being "It" as all the other creatures run off to their respective woodland hiding places. While Bunny doesn't take long to locate most of the critters, it is the largest of the beasts, Bear, whose whereabouts remain elusive. Bunny and company bravely go where few have gone before to locate their ursine friend. It must be heading toward winter in the woods because although Bear is located in his cave and roused, he doesn't remain awake for long. With charming pen-and-ink and watercolor spreads that depict the animals' bewilderment, this fun-loving, simply told story will appeal to the preschool set.-Rosalyn Pierini, San Luis Obispo City-County Library, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
Who wants to go play hide-and-seek? / Everyone hide. Bunny, don't peek!"" A bunch of animal friends gather for an easy game of hide-and-seek in the forest, but where is Bear? (Asleep in his cave.) Cheery pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations are the draw here; the singsongy text is as tensionless as the game. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
The game is hide-and-seek. The players are an array of forest-dwelling creatures that--in story-book land--are perfectly happy to get along. It's bunny's turn to count while fox, frog, bear, and several other critters scurry off to hide. The melodic rhymes carry the reader through the pages as bunny locates each animal. "Now all are found except for Bear. No one sees him anywhere." Together the animals search high and low for the one beast that would be hardest to hide. They look near the creek and peer behind tree trunks. At last they come to a cave. No one particularly wants to enter this dark, dank space, but as a group they feel braver, and, sure enough, bear is there, asleep. Once roused, though, bear proves that he has a habit of sleeping on the job. In pen and watercolor, the forest backdrop is murky, but the animals are bright-eyed and bushytailed. Newman lacks her usual flair, but the text is simple enough for the youngest ears and proves that together is better. (Picture book. 2-4) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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