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Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear!

This is one mouse that I don't mind having in the house! A sharing, care little Mouse, that is!

You can buy

Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear!

now, from

     by Don and Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood
Scholastic Inc. / The Blue Sky Press
$15.95 US/$19.99 CAN
0439320925
September, 2002
48 pages, hardcover
ages 2-5 years
Award winning authors/illustrators Don and Audrey Wood, who have created a dozen best-selling picture books for children, have done it again! Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear! is a heartwarming holiday stroll down memory lane!

If you remember the picture book, The Little Mouse, the Red Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear (published in 1984), you'll be delighted to know that this book uses the same art style (down to the same paper and paints) as the age-old children's classic! Talk about a long-awaited follow-up!

You can't help but fall in love with little Mouse who has one of the biggest hearts in the entire world. By sharing Christmas with someone a whole lot less fortunate (the mysterious Big Hungry Bear who lives in a cold, dark cave on top of the hill), kids will love the heroic little Mouse in this clever picture book brimmed with imagination!

Highly recommended by The Review Zone.com for little ones ages 2 through 5 years, this book blends wonderful illustrations with comical text for a delightful Christmas Eve romp! You'll read this book over and over to little ones, whether it's Christmas or not. After all, isn't it easy to picture the Big Hungry Bear after reading this book?