Helpful Score: 1
ISBN 076130293x - Children's books with cute little gimmicks are everywhere and, although this one is cute, it falls short because the gimmick here has been done better elsewhere ISBN 0689856849 Good Night, Sweet Butterflies: A Color Dreamland and ISBN 1581175787 Ten Little Ladybugs, in particular. I've taken recently to noticing where things come from (the slogan "Buy American" has been in my head), so if you care, the book is printed in Singapore.
Told in rhyme, this is the story of Mr. Bear, his best apple tree and some naughty bees. The bees like to steal Mr. Bear's apples right off the tree, so Mr. Bear decides to guard them. This plan doesn't work too well as, one after another, his apples disappear!
Marked for ages 3 and up, probably due to the apples which can come off the pages. They're glued on very well, but anything is possible, so if you purchase it used, make sure it has all ten apples! On the first page, there are the bees. On the second page, there are the apples in the tree, all but one of them poking through a hole. When the first page is turned, an apple and a bee "disappear". With each page turn, another pair go away, from ten to zero. This is a cute counting (backwards) book, it just isn't the best use of the gimmick I've seen so far. The author and illustrator aren't named on the book. The text is simple, but a little clunky in the rhyming department. The illustrations are okay, but nothing special.
- AnnaLovesBooks
Told in rhyme, this is the story of Mr. Bear, his best apple tree and some naughty bees. The bees like to steal Mr. Bear's apples right off the tree, so Mr. Bear decides to guard them. This plan doesn't work too well as, one after another, his apples disappear!
Marked for ages 3 and up, probably due to the apples which can come off the pages. They're glued on very well, but anything is possible, so if you purchase it used, make sure it has all ten apples! On the first page, there are the bees. On the second page, there are the apples in the tree, all but one of them poking through a hole. When the first page is turned, an apple and a bee "disappear". With each page turn, another pair go away, from ten to zero. This is a cute counting (backwards) book, it just isn't the best use of the gimmick I've seen so far. The author and illustrator aren't named on the book. The text is simple, but a little clunky in the rhyming department. The illustrations are okay, but nothing special.
- AnnaLovesBooks
