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With tender illustrations and prose as warm as a parent's embrace, this love poem from a baby bear to his mother celebrates the intimate bond between young children and parents everywhere. Whether playing together, reading together, or snuggling close in a favorite chair, this baby bear and his mama love to spend lots of time with just each other. Their devoted relationship points to the simple activities that hold vast importance in a growing child's world, and makes clear the essential role that only a loving parent can play in helping a child develop.
Author Notes
Rosemary Wells was born in New York City on January 29, 1943. She studied at the Museum School in Boston. Without her degree, she left school at the age of 19 to get married. She began her career in publishing, working as an art editor and designer first at Allyn and Bacon and later at Macmillan Publishing.
She is an author and illustrator of over 60 books for children and young adults. Her first book was an illustrated edition of Gilbert and Sullivan's I Have a Song to Sing-O. Her other works include Martha's Birthday, The Fog Comes on Little Pig Feet, Unfortunately Harriet, Mary on Horseback, and Timothy Goes to School. She also created the characters of Max and Ruby, Noisy Nora, and Yoko, which are featured in some of her books. She has won numerous awards including a Children's Book Council Award for Noisy Nora in 1974, the Edgar Allan Poe award for two young adult books, Through the Looking Glass and When No One Was Looking, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Shy Charles.
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Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-K-This sweet story is told by a young bear to his mother, expressing her importance in his life. "Only you-/can make my dreams come true./Dreams lie sleeping in my heart,/waiting for my world to start./Only you." Whether it's cooking or playing with blocks, mom is there, spending quality time with her cub. Wells's illustrations are right on target. Most of them feature parent and child as the central characters, cozily enclosed in a square and surrounded by a soft, pastel border. The colors are muted but still bright, and the pictures are active without being too busy. Perfect for one-on-one sharing, this is another winning tale from this outstanding author/illustrator.-Heather E. Miller, Homewood Public Library, AL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
In this brief but instructive picture book (produced in partnership with Jumpstart, an early-education organization), Max and Ruby creator Wells once again demonstrates her talent for simple stories that mirror the joys and emotional undercurrents of childhood. Here, she takes on the voice of a bear cub whose mother is the adored sun to his moon, with words that echo the 1950s hit ("Only you... can make my dreams come true"; "Only you... can make my gray skies blue"). Together they cook, paint, dance and play with blocks. These everyday activities will feel happily familiar to young readers; the book's pastel block-patterned borders, softly framing the illustrations, and the mother bear's warm, solid bulk underscore the reassuring tone. Wells also aims the story at parents, gently reminding them of their loving responsibilities. For instance, in response to a frustrating toddler mishap ("Over goes your coffee cup..."), the mother bear reacts calmly ("but you laugh and pick it up/ Only you). Even the endpapers-telling parents to "fill every day of your child's year with lots of time together"-list what's important, from praise to kisses and hugs. In a square trim just right for smallest hands, Wells's latest title successfully models parent-child interactions with a loving message to attract readers young and old. Ages 6 mos.-5 yrs. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved