Fiddler: The Value of Sharing : Stephen Cosgrove's Value Tales Series

Value Tales from the Land of Barely There

by Stephen Cosgrove

The bears in Barely There live shut up in their houses, each refusing to share his own special food with the others, until a strange new bear comes along with some new ideas.

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[Madeline Wright]

I have most, if not all, of the books in the Barely There series. This one is reminiscent of the 'Stone Soup' tale. As I read this to my 3 year old nephew, I realized it's a little too wordy to hold his attention all the way through each page. It's a story, however, that has enthralled his older brother since when he was a youngin' and I've read it to him [my older nephew] many times. It's the only one that he consistently wanted to read. I'll probably go through the other ones this month to take a walk down memory lane.