Maybe a Bear Ate It! By Robie H. Harris Illustrated by Michael Emberley

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4 stars

Has this ever happened to you? You set something down, and when you go back for it the item has vanished? This happens to me all the time! Alright, maybe not all the time but it does happen enough that I have come to the conclusion that elves live in my house and move things. It is the only logical explanation to me.

The worst is when the baby is napping my chores are done and I can relax with a hot caf-lib and my book, and my book is no where to be found. Not on the shelf, or my purse, or my night table. When this happens I go Captain Kirkish, or for the new Star Trek version Spockish and instead of yelling "KHAAAN" I say "ELVES" while shaking my fist. I can think of no more frustrating thing then being denied relaxing reading time. Well, maybe when I have to coax my kids into putting away their clothes. That can also be frustrating, but I'm sure you know what I mean.

Do you have elves, or pixies, or fairies or bears, in your house?

Synopsis

This little critter is already for bed but can't find his book anywhere. The only explanation is, a bear eating it or maybe a dinosaur.

My Thoughts

When I saw this book in the library and flipped through it I saw one page which made me know I had to get it. It was the critter (I think it is a cat) that was sadly yelling "I need my book!" I knew that this was the book for me.

I could definitely identify with the critter. At the end of the day I love to get in my comfiest pyjamas and crawl into bed and get all cozy reading my book. If my book was gone I would be quite put out too.

My oldest loved all the different possibilities the critter came up with in what could have happened to it. I liked that the place where it was found was a rather obvious one (isn't that always the way). I also liked that my oldest could read this too me. There were enough variety of words that it was a bit challenging but not so challenging that she was getting frustrated.

My middle child didn't like this book. She found it annoying that the cat was spending all that time coming up with what if's and not just getting on with it and finding the book. (I was a bit with her on that one, it did seem to go on a little bit too long.)

I liked the pictures, so did my oldest. The middle one did not, but maybe she is just going through a picky phase.

All in all, I think this will be a fun book to read out loud to your kids, or maybe get them to read it to you. Happy last week of summer! I can't believe school starts (Canadians at least) in just a week! Enjoy!