In a Minute, Mama Bear
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Rachel Bright's In a Minute, Mama Bear is the first in a new series following Mama Bear and Bella Bear, from the author and illustrator of the #1 Publishers Weekly bestseller Love Monster.
Mama Bear is all ready to start her busy day: there are errands to run, classes to get to, and lots more to do. Mama is raring to go! But toddler Bella is lagging behind. So Mama Bear decides to throw the to-do list out the window and spend the day playing and relaxing in the park with Bella Bear—and together they find that sometimes, when things don’t go as planned, they can still have a whole lot of fun.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Mama Bear is short on time and has a long to-do list, but all her daughter Bella wants to do is dawdle even on the potty, Bella will not be rushed. By the time they're finally in the car, Mama Bear's patience is gone, and she's turned into a shouting, honking driver. Then she notices that her daughter is genuinely alarmed: strapped into her car seat, her averted eyes as big as saucers, the slowpoke who was so frustrating suddenly seems small and vulnerable. Mama chucks the list ("This doesn't have to be a race") and heads to the park: "No classes, errands, rush, or fuss./ Slides and swings and snacks,/... all day just the two of us!'" Bright handles the very real issue of the overscheduled family with good humor and sympathetic characters, drawn in her signature scraggly style, which is as expressive of harried domestic life as the text itself. She also ends with a satisfying role reversal after Mama hops on the bandwagon, it's little Bella who tells Mama it's time to go home. Ages 2 7.
