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Bear's Best Friend

by

Lucy Coats

Illustrated by Sarah Dyer

Bear has lots of woodland friends and a talent for topiary. He does a beautiful job of creating tree-pictures of squirrel, mole, rabbit, frog, deer and hedgehog – but as he works, he muses on the fact that all of them seem to have a best friend and that he wants someone extra-special too.

This gentle story does not follow any obvious path of action and consequence, but there is plenty to talk about with young children: loneliness, different animals, having a talent, and the importance of friendship. The gorgeous illustrations in Sarah Dyer's delightful, naive style give pace to the narrative, incorporating collage, line and plenty of intense colour.

 

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

  • Sarah Dyer

    Sarah Dyer graduated from Kingston University in 2001. Her first book, Five Little Fiends went on to win the Bronze Smarties Prize and the UKRA (United Kingdom Reading Award) award. It has been an international success, translated into nine different languages.

    Since then she has written and illustrated many books including Clementine and Mungo, Princess For A Day, The Girl with the Bird's-Nest Hair, Batty, Monster Day at Work and Mrs Muffly's Monster.

    Sarah lives in Dalston, East London and teaches part-time on the Foundation Course and the Illustration BA Course at Kingston University.

     

    http://sarahdyer.com/
    Sarah Dyer
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