Bears on Chairs
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4.1 • 106 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Features an audio read-along! Four chairs. Four adorable bears. All is well until Big Brown Bear shows up — what a stare! — and wants a seat. Can these clever bears put their heads together (among other things) and make space for one more? With endearing, expressive illustrations and a sustained rhyme in every line, here is a cozy tale that makes it clear there is room for all.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With five bears and only four chairs, these cuddly, optimistic bruins have a problem. Parenteau's (One Frog Sang) rhyming text is simple enough for a preschool audience, and the lesson the bears model about sharing, though obvious, will be welcomed by many teachers and parents. Recalling Care Bears in their pastel fuzziness and good cheer, Walker's (Flip, Flap, Fly!) bears climb on and off the chairs with a toddler's intensity as they master sitting and standing without having to share. But when "Big Brown Bear/ looks for a chair./ There is none there/ for that big bear." When Big Brown Bear finds he is too big to share a chair with Floppy Bear, his dismay is evident in the acrylic illustrations. After attempts at sharing go awry, all five bears discover that by pushing the chairs together like a bench, they can all sit together. The simple rhymes grow somewhat tedious with repetition, but the heavy-handed message "Now it's fair!/ The bears all share!" will be plain to even the most inexperienced reader. Ages 2 6.
Customer Reviews
Love Big Brown Bear
We loved this book, gifted from our pediatrician. Our daughter is a lot like big brown bear, she’s just bigger and everyone comes to help. As a parent doing gender creative parenting I adore a book that offers multiple pronouns. Brown bear is a they/them and great exercise in gender, we will hold onto this one a while. I know the author didn’t necessarily write it that way but it’s really pretty and all the beats work together because it doesn’t matter. Gender or size, and all the names, too cute.
“Bears on Chairs”
This book is great for illustrating the importance of sharing with others. The rhythms and rhymes in the story encourage the reader to eagerly anticipate what will happen next. Thank you for sharing this book!
Very cute!
Very cute pictures and story. The text rhymes and is a good lesson about sharing and working together to include others.