Author: Bonny Becker
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 02/26/2008
Pages: 56
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.55h x 10.97w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9780763628079
Audience: Ages 4-8
Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 120212 / Visitor for Bear
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Golden Sower Award - Nominee
Award: E.B. White Read Aloud Award - Winner
Award: IndieFab awards - Winner
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Ladybug Picture Book Award - Nominee
Award: Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award - Nominee
Award: Buckaroo Book Award - Nominee
Award: Texas 2x2 Reading List - Recommended
Award: Golden Kite - Winner
Award: Golden Kite - Winner
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Nominee
Award: Cybils - Finalist
Review Citation(s): Kirkus Review - Children 12/01/2007 pg. 1242
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2008 pg. 203 - Recommended
School Library Journal 02/01/2008 pg. 82
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2008 pg. 199
Booklist 02/15/2008 pg. 86
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 291 - Superior,Well Above Average
New York Times Book Review 11/09/2008 pg. 36
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2009 pg. 21
About the Author
Bonny Becker, author of a number of award-winning picture books and middle-grade novels, says that the persistent mouse featured in A Visitor for Bear just popped into her head one day and wouldn't go away. Several other Bear and Mouse stories are in the works. Bonny Becker lives in Seattle.
Kady MacDonald Denton is the illustrator of Two Homes by Claire Masurel and A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes. She lives in Ontario, Canada.
