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Bare Bear
Busby is a small brown bouncy young bear. One night as he sleeps a stormy wind blows all his clothes off the line, so when he wakes up he has nothing to wear. He sets off to search for his missing clothes and meets all sorts of fun fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters along the way.
25 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2005
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About the author
Miriam Moss
123 books22 followersMiriam is an award winning author of 75 children's books, both information books and fiction. Her fiction includes picture books, novelty books and poetry, and recently short stories for the adult market. Her books have been translated into over 20 languages.
Miriam has had wide experience of working creatively both with children in schools and libraries, and with adults. She offers lively, innovative large group performances, talks, interactive storytelling sessions, readings, seminars, creative writing and poetry workshops.
She was born in England but also grew up in Africa, The Middle East and China. She taught English for eight years in the UK and Kenya before becoming a writer. She now lives in East Sussex.
Miriam has had wide experience of working creatively both with children in schools and libraries, and with adults. She offers lively, innovative large group performances, talks, interactive storytelling sessions, readings, seminars, creative writing and poetry workshops.
She was born in England but also grew up in Africa, The Middle East and China. She taught English for eight years in the UK and Kenya before becoming a writer. She now lives in East Sussex.
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March 12, 2019
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“𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐑”
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One night while Busby the bear slept , a stormy wind blew away his clothes off the line!!
When Busby wakes up he finds his clothes missing and goes on an adventure to find his clothes and meets familiar Fairy tale characters, and each has one of his clothing , like his shirt covering a basket , yellow sock with a mouse who's cleaning the clock with it, and the shorts on ogres' hat!! Each one joins him to find the next piece of cloth!!
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“They searched High and Low, they looked everywhere. They walked in a Circle and the in a Square”
Fee!! Fi! Fo!! Fum!!
But still couldn't find the other sock
And when they are back to the bears lair , Busby finds the other sock by his shoes😊
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“Busby tied up his laces and smoothed down his hair, saying Thank you my friends , 𝐈'𝐌 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐑!!!”
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📚This is a picture book with a simple rhyming story text, and bright illustrations, and a cute little bear !!
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🐻We also did a small activity , made felt cut outs for Busby bear and hung them on the cloth line!!!🤗🤗🐻🐻🐻
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Written by Miriam Moss
Illustrated by Mary McQuillan
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A flaw I found in this book was , the shirt is mentioned as an "Underwear" which doesn't sound appropriate!!
“𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐑”
.
One night while Busby the bear slept , a stormy wind blew away his clothes off the line!!
When Busby wakes up he finds his clothes missing and goes on an adventure to find his clothes and meets familiar Fairy tale characters, and each has one of his clothing , like his shirt covering a basket , yellow sock with a mouse who's cleaning the clock with it, and the shorts on ogres' hat!! Each one joins him to find the next piece of cloth!!
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“They searched High and Low, they looked everywhere. They walked in a Circle and the in a Square”
Fee!! Fi! Fo!! Fum!!
But still couldn't find the other sock
And when they are back to the bears lair , Busby finds the other sock by his shoes😊
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“Busby tied up his laces and smoothed down his hair, saying Thank you my friends , 𝐈'𝐌 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐑!!!”
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📚This is a picture book with a simple rhyming story text, and bright illustrations, and a cute little bear !!
.
🐻We also did a small activity , made felt cut outs for Busby bear and hung them on the cloth line!!!🤗🤗🐻🐻🐻
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Written by Miriam Moss
Illustrated by Mary McQuillan
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A flaw I found in this book was , the shirt is mentioned as an "Underwear" which doesn't sound appropriate!!
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January 19, 2018
This is one of our families favorite nighttime books! My 7 and 9 year old still love to hear this story!
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November 6, 2020Illustrations aren't that great and apparently, eating meat is "wrong."
July 24, 2013
A bit long, but I think it'd work in preschool story time if you did it first. Also might work to combine with a felt story (maybe have the bear and the clothing, and add the clothing as he finds it?). I really like the rhyming refrain -- it'll be good to get kids involved, and I also like having to explain the difference between "bare" and "bear", even though the words sound the same!
January 11, 2014
I loved this book because not only was it a cute story, but it was written in wonderful rhymes with words chasing each other around each page. The text is a bit longer, but the concept is pretty simple, which makes it a great read for an upper level ECE reader or lower level elementary reader. Great fun with lovely pictures!
March 22, 2014
Some of the rhymes don't flow well (or simply don't rhyme at all, like caught and out) but my boys still like me to read it to them. The illustrations are adorable. I just wish it flowed better to read out loud.
September 19, 2009
This book is great for a fractured fairy tale lesson or a storytime on Bear's or clothing.
October 29, 2009
A wonderful story about a bear losing his clothes and searching for them. Great rhyme scheme makes this a perfect read-a-loud. Recommended
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April 20, 201110/6/10 preschool
February 3, 2016
Super cute illustrations.
July 30, 2016
Cute Book May 2014
July 18, 2015
A simple fairy tale style story with lots of repetition and fun characters. I might have liked it more if I had read it out loud with a little kid.
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