Big Brown Bear

Bear is very big, very brown, and very busy. His tree house could use a little sprucing up, so Bear heads up the ladder with a plan and a bucket of paint. But Little Bear has a plan, too—including a little mischief that brings Bear (and his blue paint tumbling down to earth. With gentle rhymes and humor, award-winning author and illustrator David McPhail creates a cheery and bumptious bear hug of a story.

Children's Literature

Watch the big brown bear as he tries to paint his tree house, when someone bumps into him and the paint spills. Then the big brown bear makes another attempt, this time using a new color. The words are whimsical and filled with rhyme. And the pictures by McPhail are amusing and adorable.

DAVID McPHAIL is the creator of dozens of wonderful books, including Big Brown Bear's Up and Down Day; Sisters; Mole Music, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year; and several recent Green Light Readers for Harcourt. He lives in New Hampshire.