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Kite Day: A Bear and Mole Book
On a windy spring day Bear and Mole decide to fly a kite. But when a storm rumbles in, the kite string breaks! The two friends tear after their kite and find it in a tree, protecting a nest of baby birds from the rain.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
February 1st 2012
by Holiday House
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This is a book about true friendship between bear and mole. As they go out on an adventure to build and fly a kit, they encounter some problems. This leads to them helping someone else out. This is important in teaching children that sometimes something bad can turn into something good for someone else and that it feels good to help someone else out. The illustrator in this book uses a mixed media style, which really makes the pages interesting and unique. The characters are portrayed in a fun,...more
I think that this is a good book for early readers (my completely unprofessional opinion). The sentences are short and simple, the words repetitive. The illustrations are lovely and soft, but colorful. My daughter and I also enjoyed it because, it seems like it will have a sad, disappointing ending, and instead it has a surprising and hopeful ending. Plus, it is a book about kites, and the librarian told me that good picture books about kites are hard to find.
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Bear sees that it is a day for flying a kite and friend mole and he make one, fly one and what always happens the kite lands in a tree. Surprize someone is happy the kite is in the tree. Bright colorful illustrations and I especially like the ones depicting Bear and Mole making the kite--perhaps children will see making fun instead of buying it is part of the fun.
Bear and Mole build a kite and take it out on a windy day, but when the weather suddenly turns stormy there are unexpected consequences for some birds.
Subjects
Kites -- Juvenile fiction.
Bears -- Juvenile fiction
Moles (Animals) -- Juvenile fiction.
Birds -- Juvenile fiction
friendship
care of others
Subjects
Kites -- Juvenile fiction.
Bears -- Juvenile fiction
Moles (Animals) -- Juvenile fiction.
Birds -- Juvenile fiction
friendship
care of others
This is a sweet story about two friends making a kite to fly on a windy day. The narrative is short and repetitive, perfect for younger children. And the illustrations are colorful and cartoonish and the animals are adorable. This book is a bit too young for our girls, but we enjoyed reading it together anyway.
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Kay's rating: 4 stars
With spring just arriving here in Jackson, our kite days are coming. This is a great shared reading. Maybe after reading you can make a kite together too.
Kay's rating: 4 stars
With spring just arriving here in Jackson, our kite days are coming. This is a great shared reading. Maybe after reading you can make a kite together too.
This book was cute. I am excited to get out and fly my kite!!! This book was good, but the ending was really boring and not that exciting. It started out really fun and then it fizzled out!
What a cute book. I always like books with bears. The bear in this book sort of reminded me of the bear in Bonny Becker's bear books, which are some of my all time favorite picture books. :)
Bear and mole find the perfect day to fly their kite, but things don't exactly go the way they intended. A nice short read. Could be used with a kit, spring, or friends story time.
Very simple read appropriate for younger readers. Vibrant pictures that connect with the story. could use with problem solving scenarios or a safety lesson with weather and kites.
Simpole text, vibrant images with lots of open white space. plenty of word play and repetition. A crisis (the lost/stranded kite) has a silver lining. Charming and expressive.
The colors and pace and characters are just so darn cheerful and easy to digest. You can't help but breathe a little easier and smile after reading a Will Hillenbrand book.
Ohio author Will Hillenbrand has created a new Bear and Mole story for readers. It is the perfect day to fly a kite until rain threatens to ruin everything. Not to worry through because this author has a few tricks up his sleeve to save the day. Reviewer 1
Bear and Mole build a kite and take it out on a windy day, but when the weather suddenly turns stormy there are unexpected consequences for some birds.
Everything happens for a reason is a great quote to describe the events of this book. Fun, colorful read for small kiddos.
Bear and Mole build a kite and take it out on a windy day, but the weather changes and leaves surprising consequences.
Really cute. Great way to introduce descriptive phrases to young kids. Zoom, crash, rumble...
Great book for Spring, and I'm a huge fan Hillenbrand's illustrations.
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This would be fun for Kindergarten before they have their Kite Day (which so often is rained out)
Really lovely! Colorful illustrations charming and sweet. A nice follow-up to Spring is Here.
I absolutely loved this. The colors, the story...everything. Really makes me wish for spring.
The friends build, fly and crash their kite. Their loss is the bird's gain.
Fun story. Great illustrations. Some nice vocabulary.
Bear and Mole fly a kite. A lively, fun, sweet adventure.
bears, weather, spring, friends, good day/bad day
very nice illustrations, cute, humorous story
The illustrations are particularly adorable.
What's not to love? Kite Day!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Will Hillenbrand is the illustrator of many children's books, including THIS LITTLE PIGGY, edited by Jane Yolen, and KISS THE COW! by Phyllis Root. He is also the author-illustrator of DOWN BY THE STATION. He lives in Terrace Park, Ohio with his wife, Jane, and their son, Ian.
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Feb 27, 2012 01:00pm