I absolutely love this book. The pictures are amazing: so vivid and beautiful. This is such an adorable story, and it teaches a great lesson: sharing your treasures is much more enjoyable than hoarding them all for yourself! I also love how the bear is never revealed, but is such an integral part of the story. Don Wood has created a masterpiece. ( )

Type: Intermediate Picture Book, Genre: Fastasy, Illustrations, Painted

Cute book about a mouse who is picking a ripe big strawberry. The mouse isquickly warned about the Big Hungry Bear who loves ripe Strawberries. The narrator tells the mouse that if shares the strawberry then the bear will not get it.

This book would be great for 1st-3rd graders.

he Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear is a tale that for the very young about saving a red, ripe strawberry from being eaten by a big hungry bear. For the slightly older, it’s a tale of tricking a little mouse into sharing a freshly picked strawberry by making up a story of a big, hungry bear. www.audreywood.com is an awesome website for children to explore information about Audrey Woods and her books.

This was one of my favorite books while growing up. It tells the story of a mouse who is about to pick a red, ripe strawberry, but becomes interrupted by the narrorator of the story. The narrator warns the mouse that the hungry bear loves strawberries and can sense when one has been picked from the vines. The mouse then hurries and tries to hide, disguise, and guard the strawberry, but the narrator says that nothing can be done unless he cuts it in two and shares it with him. The mouse then slices it in two, eats his half, and then relaxes because now no bear will come looking for him!

The reader is a part of the story in this format. He or she is assumed as interacting with the mouse; they ask questions and assume answers. The questions and answers would be a good way to introduce punctuation.