Bear Wants More

I love the book and the adventure of a hungry bear awakening from his hibernation. It gave us the chance to follow him and his friends as he finds items to eat that will help satisfy his hunger and make him full.

Gift from Meghan R

Bear wakes up from his long winter nap HUNGRY! He proceeds to eat and eat, and always wants more...until he is too fat to get back into his cave (a la Winnie the Pooh). All his forest friends keep him company. A sweet story with charming illustrations, but the toddler didn't latch onto it, so we didn't check out more of the Bear books. I liked it, though! Would read in storytime.

I thought this story was really cute. The entire book was a poem about a bear who was hungry. With the help of his friends they were able to feed bear but he always wanted more. As the story goes on we see how each animal tried to help bear eat. At the end of the story they throw bear a surprise party and he eats so much that he goes to sleep. I like the flow of the story and how the author used certain words. This would be a cute book for younger children and it would be easy for them to read.

About a hungry bear who wants to keep eating after hibernation. His friends throw him a party/feast, bear ends up Full and his friends hungry. Not a very good book on sharing.

Bear wakes up in the spring "hungry and thin." As he ventures out to find some food, he meets each of his friends and the snacks they lead him to. When Bear is finally full, he is too big to fit back through the doorway of his den, and they all have a party outside.
The meter of this story told in poem form is consistent with the other Bear books in this series. It is sweet and funny, and the illustrations are as soft and cuddly as the woodland critters the reader encounters.

Karma Wilson has a great sense of rhyme and meter, and this one combines friendship and the fact bears are very hungry when they wake up from hibernation.

In the story the bear wakes up from hibernation very hungry. His forest friend lead him around to different foods that he can eat. He ends up eating so much that he falls back to sleep and leaves all of his friends awake and wanting more.

I think it was a great story. I can identify with not knowing when to quit eating. I wish I could just fall asleep and melt it all off though. The idea of friends taking care of friend was the best part.

In a classroom, I could use this start a class discussion on different ways people help their friends. We could start a project to help some of our friends around the school and at home. We could also try some of the foods that bear ate in the story or let everyone bring their favorite thing for the show more class to try. show less