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When Bear spots some seagulls soaring high above him, he thinks about how much fun it must be to fly. There's just one problem -- bears don't have wings. Luckily, Bear has four young friends who know exactly what to do: Take a trip to an amusement park and try all the "uplifting" rides!
Author Notes
Michael Rosen started writing as a teenager, when his mother needed some poems for Radio programs she was making. While at college, he wrote a play which was staged at the Royal Court theatre in London. Rosen's first book was published in 1974, and he is one of Britain's leading children's poets.
Michael Rosen launched the National Year of Literacy project, which encouraged children to help produce an Anthology to be used during the Literacy Hour in primary schools. Children ages 4-11 were invited to submit poems and illustrations featuring their favorite tree. Rosen also led the final judging sessions to decide which submissions would be included.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 1-In a fairy-tale-like beginning, four helpful children wander on a beach and meet up with a bear that yearns to fly like the birds he watches swooping in the sky. "If you want to fly, Mr. Bear, follow us," declares one of the little girls. The five set off on a jaunty journey-"Follow follity follow"-and spend the day frolicking at an amusement park, including a visit to a haunted house, where Mr. Bear's arms lovingly nestle and protect them, and a flying ride on a roller coaster. Reynolds's bold watercolor illustrations extend the carefree spirit of Rosen's rhythmic text. "I can fly in the sky like a bird up high./Swoopy swoop/Swoopy swoop/Swoopy swoopity swoop." By placing objects and characters farther apart here than those in this team's Bear's Day Out (Bloomsbury, 2007), Reynolds gives the spreads more breathing space and keeps the pacing zipping along. His use of color is excellent, and slanting lines guide the eye along, whether the children are leading the bear up a hill in the daylight or down a road at dusk. The fiery orange-red of the setting-sun sky in the last spread makes the skipping children and bear seem up close and looking as if they're flying right into readers' laps. Bear gets his wish in a way, thanks to four kind children. Add this one to Jez Alborough's Where's My Teddy? (Candlewick, 2002) for a hummingly jolly storytime.-James K. Irwin, Evanston Public Library, IL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Bear, whose tousled, golden fur mimics the dunes, bounds along the beach in this companion to Bear's Day Out. "I'm a bear on a beach./ On a beach?/ On a beach," he sings, but as he watches the birds, he wishes he "could fly up high one day." Four children follow Bear and invite him to "Follow follow" all the way to the carnival, where they take him on a roller-coaster ride. The lyrical call-and-response and glowing illustrations give the book a cadence that's perfect for afternoon naps or lazy days. Ages 3-6. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Booklist Review
With a format similar to Bear's Day Out (2007), this follows the appealing bear on a trip to an amusement park. As before, Bear repeats his refrains with a question tucked in the middle: I wish I could fly up high. / Up high? / Up high! Four children take him under their collective wing, so to speak, and show him how he can do just that. With a text construction that's pleasing to little listeners and oversize watercolor artwork that gives children a sense of time as the colors change from bright morning to nighttime sky, this makes a delightful story hour choice.--Cooper, Ilene Copyright 2010 Booklist
