Un grande aiuto

by Daniel Fehr, Benjamin Leroy

"A Big Help" will prove to be a delightfully and enduringly popular addition to family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections. ~Midwest Book Review It’s a disaster! Badger has lost his teddy! Fortunately, Bear is there to help him find it. Follow the two friends as they search for the lost teddy, and meet a lot of animals along the way! The search is on!

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Storytime, Friendship

36 pages, Hardcover

Published March 18, 2018

About the author

Daniel Fehr (1980* in Winterthur, Switzerland) studied German literature and media studies at Princeton University (USA). Before that he studied photography at the Zurich University of the Arts and the School of Visual Arts in New York. Today, Daniel lives and works again in Switzerland, where he writes picture books and develops board games for children and families.

Reviews

[Cindy Mitchell *Kiss the Book* · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Big Help by Daniel Fehr and Benjamin Leroy. PICTURE BOOK. nubeOCHO, 2018. $16. 9788417123215

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL.

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

A very sad Badger recruits Bear to find his lost teddy. Bear is determined to find it and goes up trees and underwater in his search. Badger tags along and has so much fun in the new locations that he forgets all about the reason why they are out exploring. In the end, they never find the teddy, but it doesn’t matter to Badger. Bear may not feel the same.

This is a book that relies on the partnership between words and pictures to tell the whole story, which I consider a strength of the book. That said, without an adult reader with the student, the point of the book may be entirely missed. The illustrations are minimalistic and well done and could be used in lessons on friendship and mindset.

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2018...

[Linda Patchett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bear finds Badger in tears over loosing his Teddy. Bear is determined to help find him and he is thorough in the search. He sticks his head in the pond to ask a fish if it has seen Teddy, climbs perilously far on a bending tree limb to ask Squirrel about him, and even looks under a rock. The charming illustrations tell the reader that Bear is more dedicated to the search than Badger who finds the exploring fun! This sweet story nears an end with Bear feeling sad about not finding Teddy and mystified that Badger has forgotten about him. A charming double spread depicts Badger pulling Bear by the hand to chase the ladybug, a constant in the story. A giggle for children and adults as we are reminded of the happy truth behind the power of distraction in soothing little one's sadness. Big ones too!

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm sure many parents can relate to this story. Badger is bereft because he's lost his stuffed animal toy. Bear is determined to help, and he enlists several other animals in his search. They look everywhere with no success. Finally, when he goes to Badger to tell him that he's failed at his mission, Badger no longer even remembers what he's been missing. Apparently, that teddy bear wasn't quite as important as it seemed at the start of the book. The simple text is accompanied by large illustrations that show the animals determinedly searching for the missing object, even looking under things. This one might be a good one to share with youngsters who've been in the same situation, but honestly, the book will appeal to adults more than those young readers.

[Juliana Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Badger is sad because he has lost his teddy. Bear tries to help by looking in all the places Badger has been recently and asking all the other animals if they have seen Badger's teddy. In the end, Bear is sorry that he could not find Badger's teddy, but Badger isn't sad any more and doesn't seem to remember that his teddy is missing at all. (Could Bear be his teddy? Not explicitly said, but might be why Badger isn't sad.)

[Brittany · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am so sorry to say that I didn't like this one. The story, the illustrations, everything just fell completely flat. *Not to mention that some of the character illustrations look scary and not at all like what they are supposed to be portraying.

[Molly Cluff (Library!) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Badger and Bear look all over for Badger's missing teddy. They look all over, and when they can't find it, it seems Badger has forgotten it was missing in the first place. The illustrations were a bit bizarre for me

[Edward Sullivan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bear helps bereft badger search for his lost teddy.

[Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh...it was okay.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A badger looses his stuffed animal and his friend bear helps him look for it. cute Preschool and up

[Rhica · Rating 3 out of 5]

The bear has a human face, and it's a little freaky.
This book is ok.

[Nessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book about a Bear helping his friend friend his stuffed bear! As they search high and low, in the woods, trees, under rocks but still couldn't find.... what?

[Andréa]

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.

[Ollie Skyba · Rating 4 out of 5]

It could be seen as senseless and dummy story, if you are not a parent. Why did you read this book then? :-)