7. A Visitor for Bear [picture]

By: Bonny Becker
Illustration by: Kathy Macdonald Denton
Genre: Children's picture book
Subgenre: Child fiction
Theme: Friendship
Primary characters: Bear and mouse
Awards: N/A
Date of Publication: 2008
Publishing Company: Candlewick
Summary: I loved this book. The illustrations complimented the story so well. This book was about a bear who never wants any guests. This mouse keeps sneaking in his house after bear kicks him out. The mouse insists on staying for tea but the bear does not want his company. Finally, the bear gives in and when the mouse wants to politely excuse himself Bear does not want him to leave. This could teach my students a certain moral, I would ask them what they thought of the book and lead into a class discussion.