A delightful childrenтАЩs book тАЬfilled with surreal gags about prepositions and adverbs, cheerful absurdity, and down the rabbit hole-style musingsтАЭ (School Library Journal).
One day, a few minutes after Once Upon a Time, a bear awakes to find he has lost something very important: himself! He sets out into the Fabulous Forest to find himself, using only a few clues scrawled on a piece of paper: the bear he's looking for is a nice bear; he is a happy bear; and heтАЩs very handsome too! These sound like pretty good qualities to Bear, and so begins his memorable journey. With the help of critters like the Convenience Cow, the Lazy Lizard, the Turtle Taxi, and the Penultimate Penguin, Bear finds that he himself is just what heтАЩs been looking for all along: a nice, happy bearтАФand handsome too!
тАЬA melding of Phantom Tollbooth logic, Alice in Wonderland whimsy, and peppered with a cast of unforgettable Little Prince like characters┬а.┬а.┬а. You canтАЩt help fall into the imaginative world of this delightfully clever picture book.тАЭ тАФBookBloom
тАЬIrresistible.тАЭ тАФO, The Oprah Magazine
тАЬGentle wordplay and Lewis Carroll-like paradoxes┬а.┬а.┬а. Everything is new to Bear, and his discoveries will delight readers.тАЭ тАФPublishers Weekly (starred review)
тАЬErlbruch's playful, distinctive illustrations┬а.┬а.┬а. are sublime.тАЭ тАФKirkus Reviews
тАЬYoung readers with a philosophical nature and an appreciation for provocative silliness will be especially gratified by Bear's self-discovery┬а.┬а.┬а. The Fabulous Forest effectively evokes a fairy tale feel, and Bear, a portly fellow with huge eyes, a bright red mouth, and colorful flecks in his black fur, is loveable at first sight.тАЭ тАФNew York Journal of Books
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