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Ben paints a picture of his mother, with a little help from Owl, Rabbit, Alligator, Elephant, Lion, and Giraffe.Tags
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Ben Bear wants freshly baked bread but it is too hot. He goes off to school with the promise of a slice with honey when he returns. He decides to make a drawing of his mother at school. On his way home, he shows it to his friends who each "suggest" improvements to it.
A cute story for kids. Mama is surprised at how she looks but with love in her heart keeps her promise to Ben. I enjoyed it. I figured the picture would change with each "improvement" but it was fun to read.
A cute story for kids. Mama is surprised at how she looks but with love in her heart keeps her promise to Ben. I enjoyed it. I figured the picture would change with each "improvement" but it was fun to read.
This is a story about a little bear named Ben who wanted some of his mother's freshly made bread before he went to school. His mother told him that it was too hot but that he could have some after school. That day at school, Ben decided to paint a picture of his mother. Once school dismissed for the day, Ben headed home; however, he made a few stops to get advice from his friends about his painting. Each of his friends found something that Ben could add to his picture to make it even better. As soon as Ben got home, he showed his mom his painting and she had no changes; she loved it just how it was. Then, Ben began eating a big slice of the bread that he wanted.
I think children would really enjoy this book. I thought the idea of show more including different animal features by adding them to Ben's portrait was a very cute idea. I would read this book to children in kindergarten, first grade, or second grade. A good time to read this is when children are learning about animals. Also, it could be read close to mother's day because it has to do with a child making a portrait of his mom to give to her. show less
I think children would really enjoy this book. I thought the idea of show more including different animal features by adding them to Ben's portrait was a very cute idea. I would read this book to children in kindergarten, first grade, or second grade. A good time to read this is when children are learning about animals. Also, it could be read close to mother's day because it has to do with a child making a portrait of his mom to give to her. show less
I enjoyed the book, "Bread and Honey." I would read this story to kindergarten or first graders. This book is about a little bear who hurrys to school so he can have a piece of bread and hunny when he got home. Well when he was at school he painted a picture of his mom. When he was on the way home from school he saw all different kinds of animals that said the picture needed something done to it. The rabbit said that the picture need bigger ears, the elephant said a bigger nose, the alagator said a bigger mouth. The bear stopped and painted all these different things on his picture but this did not look like him mother at all. Well when he got home his mom took the picture and told the little bear she loved the picture just how it was. show more She then gave the little bear a pieace of bread with hunny on it. I really thought this was a cute book. I think it would be a good book to add to a discussion about how we all look differently. show less
Ben the bear, wants the fresh bread his mom pulls out of the oven with honey on top. His mother says when he gets home from school he can have a piece. At school he draws a picture of her. On his way home, he asks his friends what they think of it. Each animal friend adds to the picture, for example, the bunny says the ears need to be longer. In the end the picture looks ridiculous, but the mother still loves it and gives him a piece of bread.
When Ben's mother baked some bread, Ben wanted a piece, but it was too hot for him to eat. His mother said he could have some after he gets home from school. While Ben was at school, he painted a picture of his mom and was going to take it home to him. On the way, he ran into many animals, who each told Ben he needed to fix something on his painting. By the time Ben got home, his painting had many different features of all the animals he ran into, but his mom loved it anyways.
Exactly what you'd expect a good mother to say.
bear goes on a journey on his way home from school, painting a picture of a piece of every animal that he sees on the way home. when he gets home his mom gives him a piece of toast with lots of honey.
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Frank Asch was born on August 6, 1946, in Somerville, NJ. In 1969 he graduated from Cooper Union in New York City with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts. Since then he has taught in both the United States and abroad. He has also organized art, writing, puppetry, and creative dramatics workshops for children all over the country. In 1976 Mr. Asch and his show more wife started their own children's theatre called The Belly Buttons. In l989, Frank Asch and Vladimir Vagin published Here Comes the Cat!, the first Russian/American collaboration on a children's book, which has since received the Russian National Book Award. Mr. Asch also joined forces with naturalist and photographer Ted Levin for a series of poetry books for children. In 1996, their first book, Sawgrass Poems, was named to the John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers. Like a Windy Day was released in fall 2002. It was the fourth and last book in the "element" book series that already includes The Earth and I, Water, and The Sun Is My Favorite Star. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Alternate titles
- Bread and Honey: A Frank Asch Bear story
- Original publication date
- 1981
- People/Characters
- Baby Bear
- Dedication
- To Tracy, Shannon, and Tina
- First words
- One morning when Ben was getting ready for school, his mother took a loaf of fresh bread out of the oven.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Then she gave Ben a thick slice of homemade bread with lots of honey on top.
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- "Adapted from the author's Monkey face."
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