Snow Bear

by Catherine Allison, Piers Harper (Illustrator)

This follow-up title to Little Lamb features Little Snow Bear and has soft - to - touch animals on every page.

It is the first day of spring and Little Snow Bear is venturing out into the snowy white world for the first time. Mezmerized by the snow that is all around him, Little Snow Bear sneaks off to see if the rest of the world is as much fun. During his travels, he meets a little seal and learns how to swim. But soon, Little Snow Bear wanders too far and ends up lost in a deep, dark forest. Fortunately, with the help of a friendly reindeer and a kind little girl, Little Snow Bear finds his way home and into his mother's safe arms.

This sweet story combined with soft - to - touch illustrations

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction

32 pages, Hardcover

First published August 30, 2002

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 2 out of 5]

This sounded like a cute story. I didn’t know or didn’t remember that this was a touch book.
This looked cuter online. When I got it home, I saw the cover was a little old fashioned-looking and had this gross stain on it.
The size of the book was also really big. I wasn't expecting it to be that big. The large size was unnecessary and just made it hard to hold, and also hard to fit in the library bag.

The only things that were textured were the polar bears, seal, the reindeer’s antlers and hooves, the owl, and part of the little girl’s outfit. And they were all the same texture. I felt like they could have gotten a lot more textures out of this, and if you’re going to do a textured book, you should have different types of textures.
The water, ice, paws and noses of the bears could have been textured.
The owl could have felt like feathers, and the seal could have been more like an actual seal would feel.
The seal was orange, as if it was a walrus, instead of being a gray color.

It was odd to me how the eyes of the animals weren’t also raised like the fur, but were flat, so that the fur was raised around it. The same happened any time something covered their fur, like water droplets or snow. It just felt and looked a little weird.

I was disappointed in the story, because it wasn’t much of a story. Not much happened. He sees a seal, reindeer, girl fishing, who ends up taking the bear back to his mom. The end.
It wasn't this adventure the synopsis mentioned.
The mom bear didn’t even thank the girl for returning her cub or even seem to notice her.
This would be good for really young kids, because it was more on the juvenile side and the writing was pretty simple.
Not much of a story. 1.5

[Ms.TPena Peña · Rating 5 out of 5]

Young children will love the texture on each page. Soft, fuzzy bears will entertain through each page. The adventures the bear goes on might cause a little anxiety, but there’s always a fun resolution to each snag in it’s wandering.

[Kimberley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the book that I am reading with my reception class this week in shared reading. It is about a polar bear cub that is allowed to venture out of his den for the first time without his mother. On his venture, he meets a seal who teaches him how to swim but then soon ends up lost in a dark forest where he meets a reindeer and a little girl who are kind enough to help him find his mother. This is a great exploration book whereby there is a good sequencing structure that you can ask the child to recall the events in order. This allows for the class to engage in practical activity as they can take on these characters in order to help them to sequence the book. Moreover there is an opportunity for the children to also do some prediction towards the end of the book so that they think of a way that the story could end or how they want the story to end. This therefore can tie into shared writing easily as you can adopt either one (sequencing or prediction) to follow up with the children.

[Teri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing substantial here, but nice fuzzy pictures to stroke.

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 2.5 year old LOVED that the bear and other animals had a soft touch on every page. It was basically a velvet material which was nice a soft. The book itself is also very large, so the the pictures really pull them in to the story, and there is lots of touch space. The wintery colors used are very pleasing to the eye.

The story itself is cute too. It's about a baby bear who is allowed to explore his world for the first time but isn't supposed to go too far. Of course he does and he ends up getting lost. But he meets some other animals and a little girl who help him get back home. It's a sweet story, and perfect for babies and toddlers.

[A.M. Russell · Rating 4 out of 5]

My children have enjoyed sitting down to this book before bedtime. I find the scale of the physical book and the images within both charming.
The ability to stroke the animals is a nice touch, and allows the children to not have to focus on my monotonous voice too much!

[Kate M. Colby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jack received this book secondhand from family.

He was trying to avoid bedtime so didn’t sit for the whole thing, but he liked the snow scenes and the subtle velvety textures. I loved it and thought it was such a sweet story.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little long for my son, but a good book.

[Cheryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

I can imagine the appeal of the touchable bears... but the girl's fur ruff should be touchable, too.... Also, since when would a bear make friends with a seal? Seals are to eat. Just, no, skip it.

[The Transmuted Tree · Rating 2 out of 5]

Red 2nd

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s funny that the appeal of a touch and feel book remains even now.

[Jessica Strozewski · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a soft-to-touch book, meaning it has soft material within it. The main character, the little polar bear, it furry and soft on each page. This is the heartwarming story of a little bear who gets lost. It is the first day of spring, and the little polar bear wants to romp around. His mother warns him not to go too far, because she doesn’t want him to get lost. Of course, as a young cub, the polar bear goes too far away and does get lost. He meets multiple characters along his journey to reach home. He meets a seal, a reindeer, and even a human girl, who all help him on his journey. The illustrations are colorful and warm, even though they are detailing a cold region. I would recommend this book to young children ages 3-7. This is a fun book to read with children because they can feel the furry bear on each page and feel like they are part of the story.

[Mariamawit Habtamu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Preschool and older
This is a good book to read during winter. The pictures are cute. It’s about a polar bear that finds a new friend while exploring the world and gets separated from his mother playing in the water and snow. Even though he was scared once he realized he was lost, thanks to a kind reindeer and a little girl the bear end up finding his mother.
Learning Experience
After reading this book, we will discuss the winter season, we will talk about when winter season begins and ends, we will look at pictures of polar bears and discuss where they live in North America as well as look at the globe to find out where North America is located

[EH-PI · Rating 2 out of 5]

Snow Bear doesn't listen to his mother's admonishment and promptly gets himself lost is the arctic. His rescuer/heroine turns out to be a little Eskimo girl, who takes him home in her sleigh. A tactile book, the best parts are of course, the furry bits, haha.

[Amanda Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the textures of this book. I could be a great hands-on book because of the images being fuzzy and fun for a child to read and play with. The message is great as well. It is about always following the directions even though sometimes you do not want to.

[Glenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked reading this book because the pages were soft. The pictures are really nice.

[Miss Asima · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very cute story. And my son and niece love feeling the pages. Great idea to add the texture!

[Lisa Morrow · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a sweet this was! This edition had "soft-to-touch" animals on every page. Beautiful illustrations!

[Ali Martini · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kindergarten watercolor skies

[Jade · Rating 3 out of 5]

Re-read

This isn't my favourite picture book but the smallest member of the household likes it, so it gets a place in our library.

[K Morlando · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice tie in to our arctic unit