Nothing's Wrong!: A Hare, a Bear, and Some Pie to Share

First sentence: Chop, chop, chop, mix, mix, mix, pat, pat, pat. "Ahhhhh, a warm apple pie, freshly baked, straight out of the oven. Jeff will absolutely love this! I can't wait to see the look on his face. It'll be perfect for our picnic this afternoon."

Premise/plot: Anders has baked a pie....but things don't go according to plan when a sudden storm ruins everything. Jeff (the bear) doesn't know what is wrong--Anders is not forthcoming. Can he cheer up his friend?

My thoughts: Very text-heavy (for better or worse). I enjoyed this friendship. Apparently there is a previous book starring these two friends--Something's Wrong. I enjoyed this one enough to put that one on hold at the library. This one has some mini-lessons on friendship show more tucked in. I'm not sure these lessons are subtle (or that they are trying to be). But these mini-lessons could potentially be useful in teaching readers (of all ages) how to be a good friend in various situations.

I liked it well enough. show less

This is a sequel book to Something Wrong. This book is fine. It’s over long by a lot. One of the characters is one that I think talks to hear themselves speak. But they do it in the guise of helping their friend. That is the important lesson to learn. It also shows that someone can say they’re fine when they’re not fine, but at what point is the line of finding out what fine actually means. Overall I like this book, but it would not be the first book I pulled for a quick reading.