A Perfect Day for It

by Jan Fearnley

What's the perfect thing to do on a crisp winter day? Bear certainly seems to be up to something. But what ? His friends can't help being curious, so they secretly follow him up the snowy trail to the top of the mountain. And when they get there, Bear gives them a BIG, slip-sliding, downhill surprise!
Come along with Bear and his friends for an avalanche of fun--and a foldout surprise--in this new story from internationally acclaimed picture book creator Jan Fearnley.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Storytime, Friendship

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Kirsty]

Really fun story, accompanied by beautiful illustrations. The story is about a bear who goes for a walk, and is followed by different animals who each assume Bear is going on a walk for a different reason (e.g. to find bugs and worms, looking for treasure, find honeycomb) but they are all wrong! There is a really lovely ending which I won't spoil!

I think KS1 children would really enjoy this book. There are also lots of grammatical elements to be studied in context in this story, such as expanded noun phrases. There are also repetitive phrases which children may be able to memorize.

[Laura Brandon]

This book has been beautifully illustrated with an amusing story, and can be used to introduce ideas of using varied adverbs and verbs to describe walking/movement, alongside the idea of allowing the reader to speculate about what’s going to happen next, and how this is done

[Emma Biays]

A Perfect Day for It teaches the lesson not to assume, because one is often wrong when they make assumptions. All if the animals assumed the bear was looking for something different. But when they all realized the bear wasn't looking for what they wanted, they still made the best of it and had fun sledding down the hill. It also shows that friendships can be with people of all types, because a bear, fox, mole, badger, and squirrel were all friends.

[Rachael]

A great Christmas book. I've never read a picture book that folded out at the end. I like how the words in the book have the sound the animals make while walking in the snow. The words were tongue twisters and that really helps children with pronunciation.

[Kaycee Greenwood]

A Perfect Day for It shows that a perfect day for one isn't a perfect day for someone else. I can see this being used in my classroom for a writing opportunity where students can describe their perfect day. The book and fun to read and even bas a little surprise at the end!

[Marge]

bears - snow - having fun