Bear's New Friend (2006)

Another character joins the Bear crew. Now it's an owl, a shy owl. If you've been reading the other books, this one would be appealing too. ( )

Bear meets a new friend! Again Wilson and Chapman collaborate and with wonderful illustrations and poetry share a story about friendship and acceptance. I'd read this to kindergartners at the beginning of the year when they're meeting new friends. ( )

Young children will enjoy this book, however, it lacks the initial charm of "Bear Snores On", in my opinion. The first 2 books of the series are the strongest and most memorable. Children will want to add this book to their collection, though,because they have fallen in love with the whimsical characters, and want a complete set! ( )

Wilson, Karma. (2006). Bear's New Friend. Illustrated by Jane Chapman. New York: Scholastic, Inc.
This story is told in rhyme and is the story of a bear in search of his friends to play. Bear keeps hearing someone yell out "Who" as he roams the forest looking for all his friends. Throughout the story, Bear continues to meet up with his friends Mouse, Hare, Gopher and Mole and all the while he continues to hear "Who". In the end, he finally see who has been saying "who": a friendly Owl that has come to be his friend.
The illustrations in this story are great and filled with many colors and done with acrylic paint. They rhyming verse was also great because it built up this suspense that my kids really loved. ( )

This story is about an owl who is bashful. He sees Bear and his friends, but is too scared to come out of hiding. The animals are finaly able to convence him to come out of hiding and play. Everyone at some point everyone is afraid to join in with new people. I would use this book to do a friendship lesson. I would first have the class help me feel out a chart on what a friend is and what they are not. Then I would have them tell me of a time when they where new, and see how others treated them. We would then pretnd there was a new kid in the class who is shy, and i would have the kids tell me how they would trea the new person.