Synopses & Reviews
From Kadir Nelson, winner of the Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott King Author and Illustrator Awards, comes a transcendent picture book in the tradition of Margaret Wise Brown about a lost little bear searching for home.
Baby Bear is lost. He wanders through the forest, meeting other animals who offer wise advice: Trust yourself. Listen to your heart. Sing a song. Retrace your steps.
As each encounter moves Baby Bear farther along on his journey, he gains courage and the comforting feeling that he is loved and never alone.
With poetic text and stunning illustrations, Baby Bear is a powerful addition to the canon of timeless picture-book classics.
Review
“The award-winning Nelson turns from nuanced treatments of historical subjects to this exploration of a classic preschool trope: a lost animal's search for home....Resonant.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Review
“Nelson's luscious oils on canvas are as breathtaking as ever, and his superb, almost life-sized, depictions of these creatures in their natural environment hold a wonder of their own.” School Library Journal
Synopsis
The acclaimed tale of a lost little bear searching for home from Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winner Kadir Nelson.
Baby Bear is lost and afraid. All the other animals try to help:
Trust yourself.
Sing a song.
Retrace your steps.
As Baby Bear gains courage with every step, he realizes he was never far from home after all.
With poetic text and stunning illustrations, Baby Bear is an impressive addition to the canon of timeless picture book classics.
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New York Times Book ReviewAbout the Author
Kadir Nelson is one of the most accomplished, award-winning illustrators working today. He won the 2012 Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor for
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans. He received Caldecott Honors for
Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine and
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, for which he also garnered a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award and won an NAACP Image Award.
Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange won a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. Nelson's authorial debut,
We Are the Ship, was a
New York Times bestseller, a Coretta Scott King Author Award winner, and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor book. Kadir Nelson lives in Southern California.
Kadir Nelson is one of the most accomplished, award-winning illustrators working today. He won the 2012 Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor for Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans. He received Caldecott Honors for Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, for which he also garnered a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award and won an NAACP Image Award. Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange won a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. Nelson's authorial debut, We Are the Ship, was a New York Times bestseller, a Coretta Scott King Author Award winner, and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor book. Kadir Nelson lives in Southern California.