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Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories (Dog and Bear)
Laura Vaccaro Seeger's highly praised concept books have introduced children to colors, opposites, emotions, and the alphabet. Now she guides children on the first steps to reading with three sweet, funny stories about a stuffed bear and a frisky dachshund who happen to be best friends. Simple, engaging texts and bright, colorful pictures make this a perfect book for emerg...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
April 3rd 2007
by Roaring Brook Press
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May 01, 2013
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This is a delightful story about the importance of friendship. The main characters, Dog and bear are two truly unlikely friends. They teach the reader values, such as trust, patience, and caring, which are all important values that contribute to a strong friendship. Learning these values will be enjoyable for young children because they are taught by two fun and cute main characters. The language is simple enough for pre-kindergarten students to read and they will be able to comprehend the conc...more
The three stories in this book are written as conversations between a dog and a stuffed bear toy who are friends. the stories are written in simple language that sounds just like two young frinds talking. Each story has a humorous, somwhat ironic ending. The illustrations look like a child drew the outline of the picture with a black marker and then used watercolor paints to color them in. Even the font used would look inviting for a young child, it looks similar to a child's writing. In the fir...more
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Dog and Bear: Two friends, Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger contains three sweet, funny stories about a stuffed bear and a frisky dachshund who happen to be best friends.
In "Bear in the Chair", Bear struggles to get down off a tall chair. Dog helps him so they can go outside and play. Then Bear realizes he left his scarf up on the chair. In "Play With Me! Play With Me!", Dog wants Bear to play with him, but Bear is reading and wants some alone time. Dog pleads, until finally, Bear is ready...more
In "Bear in the Chair", Bear struggles to get down off a tall chair. Dog helps him so they can go outside and play. Then Bear realizes he left his scarf up on the chair. In "Play With Me! Play With Me!", Dog wants Bear to play with him, but Bear is reading and wants some alone time. Dog pleads, until finally, Bear is ready...more
This story is about two close friends who happen to be a stuffed bear and a dachshund. The illustrations are uniquely colored and the lines along the illustrations are bordered in bold black lines. Also, I noticed a unique texture within the illustrations. The illustrator uses distinct color when shading in the characters, dog and the bear. The text itself is very simple and easily readable for young children. The author uses quotations of the conversations the characters have within the story....more
The first of the "Dog and Bear" books. Dog and Bear are best friends and in this volume of three short stories we get to peek into their relationship and see why. They are endlessly supportive of each other, even in trying time. Dog pleads to Bear for playtime, and eventually Bear relents. Bear is afraid of heights and uses Dog's back as a slide to get down. The illustrations charm and the simple text hits just the right note.
Energetic Dog and thoughtful Bear may be different, but they feel just the same about the importance of their friendship. In each of these three brief but satisfyingly complete stories, Dog and Bear resolve a conflict in a way that’s true to their characters.
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These early readers follow in the style of Marshall's George & Martha & Lpbel's Frog & Toad, using simple text to depict amusing stories. While I love Seeger's artwork in her concept books, I can only muster lukewarmth for these. I do love, however, that all young readers who meet Dog & Bear will know how to employ the great Yiddishy phrase,"Not to worry."
This book is an excellent easy to read picture book story of a dog and bear who are friends. I enjoyed the way the two characters resolved their conflict. My favorite part was when Bear didn't want to play with Dog so he said "I'm going to read you a story about a bear who didn't want to play with a dog".......I found that extremely funny!
We found this at the library yesterday and we took this and another Dog and Bear book out. We weren't really impressed with either one.
We both liked the illustrations but the writing was stilted at best. The middle story in this book was annoying with all the "play with me" sentences while the first and last were borderline okay.
We both liked the illustrations but the writing was stilted at best. The middle story in this book was annoying with all the "play with me" sentences while the first and last were borderline okay.
This easy reader is a little "young" in feel for most emerging readers; best for precocious pre-kindergarten readers.
That being said, my youngest (just turned 5, not yet in kindergarten) LOVES it.
From "the king": I like it when the scarf is up on the chair and the dog asks "where is your scarf?"
That being said, my youngest (just turned 5, not yet in kindergarten) LOVES it.
From "the king": I like it when the scarf is up on the chair and the dog asks "where is your scarf?"
A 2011 Monarch book for Illinois, but it feels like a "Frog and Toad" knock-off. Frog and Toad is soooo much better, although these two are cute. We (1st graders) compared it to other 'friend' books and came up with a lllllooonnggg list. Can't believe how many beginner reader 'friend' books there are.
Not great prose. It might appeal to young listeners or it might be of use to beginning readers since the vocabulary is very simple and it contains three really short stories of the friendship between the dog and the bear.
A cute story about two friends. Young readers will enjoy this story of two friends but I don't think it's anything particularly unique or fabulous. Would pair well with other friend books such as Frog and Toad.
I really like this very simple book. Love the illustrations. And the stories are simple and sweet. I didn't think my kids would care for it too much, but they really do, which makes me happy.
I wasn't overly impressed with this story, but our girls liked it. Three short stories that include a stuffed teddy bear and a dog. Not much to it, and the illustrations are very simplistic.
This is a nice book for grades PreK-1. Dog and Bear demonstrates a simple friendship that illustrates being brave, offering encouragement, and trusting those that you care about. Kids would enjoy the pictures and the easy text.
Feb 28, 2009
Claire
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
families
Shelves:
picture-books-of-note
Reminiscent of Frog and Toad, these are wonderful little vignettes of friendship and patience. The pace is wonderful and the stories charming tales of day to day friendship. Charming.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading the 3 short stories between the dog and the bear. The artwork was eye catching. Whether your a child or an adult, the stories can bring a smile to anyone.
Three wonderful stories that can be used for lessons with friendship and being a reliable, trustworthy friend.
Friendship, good citizenship, pillars of character
Friendship, good citizenship, pillars of character
The color palette in the illustrations is one of my all time favorites. Splurge on the plush dog and bear if you can. They are crafted at the level of Steifs.
Summary: Three easy-to-read stories reveal the close friendship between Dog and Bear.
In one word: Sweet!
Story time theme: friendship, dogs, bears
In one word: Sweet!
Story time theme: friendship, dogs, bears
(3.75)These sweet, sparsely worded, subtly humorous three stories about two friends are pitch-perfect read-alouds for toddlers or self-directed reading for beginning readers under age 6.
I bought this for the so of my oldest friend because it reminded me of me and her. (I was bear and she was dog.)
This sweet collection of stories about two friends will hit the right notes with the pre-K/ kindergarten set.
Love this book and the 2 sweet main characters. Perfect bedtime book for a snuggly preschooler.
Mar 12, 2012
Jess
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Browsers. Kids looking for dog and/or bear stories
Shelves:
z_12,
picture-books
Title works nicely as an annotation.
It's all right. Read it as a Monarch nominee and tried it with new groups this year, but the story never pops. Perhaps it's better one-on-one.
It's all right. Read it as a Monarch nominee and tried it with new groups this year, but the story never pops. Perhaps it's better one-on-one.
Fun read. My sons shouted in delight when they caught bear "reading" the book we were reading.
Three easy-to-read stories reveal the close friendship between Dog and Bear.
Hey, what can I say? I'm a sucker for a book with a dachshund in it.
It was OK. Not as magical as her cut-out concept books.
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Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator and the recipient of a 2008 Caldecott Honor, Theodor Seuss Geisel Honors for both 2009 and 2008, a 2007 New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, and the 2007 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Best Picture Book. Her books include First the Egg, The Hidden Alphabet, and Dog and Bear, among others.
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