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Bear is hungry. Gertie wants to help. But finding the perfect snack is harder than it looks. Will Gertie and Bear silence Bear's tummy grumbles before hunger gets the best of them?
Expressive characters and funny dialogue lead the way in this pitch-perfect story about patience and teamwork, by nationally-syndicated cartoonist Drew Sheneman.
Author Notes
Drew Sheneman has never had to hunt for his dinner, unless you count that time he dropped a chicken nugget behind the couch. In addition to writing and illustrating children's books like Don't Eat That! and Nope! , Drew is a nationally-syndicated award-winning cartoonist. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, daughter, and large collection of comic books. To learn more, please visit www.drewsheneman.net.
Reviews (4)
Publisher's Weekly Review
The latest from Sheneman (Nope!) looks and reads like an extended classic Sunday comic. His story has two protagonists: an unflappable girl determined to get a nature merit badge and the hulking brown bear she encounters in the woods. But this is no ordinary bear; even though he's famished, he's incapable of feeding himself. The book's endpapers and title page show that he's a former denizen of the city zoo. After preventing Bear from eating a rock (hence the title) and calmly explaining that Bear can't eat her ("That would be terribly rude," she says, without flinching), the girl takes him on as a project. From there, the ink-and-watercolor drawings portray a kind of My Fair Lady set in the wild. Bear fumbles in his foraging (even a rabbit gets the better of him) and, in a moment of frustration, eats the girl's merit-badge logbook and spits it out with a supercilious "ptui." Still, the girl perseveres, ultimately proving she's a mentor ne plus ultra. Seamlessly blending verbal and visual humor, Sheneman lands every joke-including some truly cringeworthy puns. Ages 3-5. Agent: Paul Rodeen, Rodeen Literary Management. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
Young scout Gertie encounters a hungry brown bear in the woods and sees an opportunity: "If I help you, I'll earn my Wildlife Buddy Merit Badge, so let's find you some lunch." The bear is the perfect straight man for Gertie, who would win a bossiness competition against Lucy van Pelt. The comics-style art captures their humorous exchanges and eventual mutual appreciation. (c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
How do you teach a grown bear new tricks?An intrepid young bird-watcher in pursuit of a Scouting merit badge decides to help a bear find a snack in this whimsical tale. "DON'T EAT THAT!!!" Gertie explodes when she sees it about to chomp on a rock. Thanks to frontmatter illustrations, readers know what she does not: The bear has been dropped off by the city zoo and so doesn't know how to function in the woods. Comic-strip panels alternate with full- or double-page spreads, with the text largely confined to dialogue bubbles, while cartoony Photoshop illustrations carry most of the story. Basic efforts at communication between the two prove problematic, and the bear's lack of woods savvy (it tries to eat a skunk) and skills (it can't swim) don't help either. Puns abound as multiple efforts by the protagonist fail to come to fruition. The two end up far from happy, and Gertie starts to realize that her help may not be so helpful after all. Surely they can work together so that it can learn to fill its tummy! While there is little wholly original here, the messages of friendship and teamwork are portrayed nicely, the minimal text will appeal to reluctant readers, and youngsters will come away with a chuckle. Gertie has blonde hair and pale skin.An uncomplicated tale of consideration and cooperation rendered in an accessible format. (Picture book. 3-7) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
A quick education in living off the land takes place as a huge brown zoo bear dropped off in the woods and a small Girl Scout seeking her Wildlife Buddy merit badge help each other out. Warning the clueless but amiable ursine that rocks are not food (What were you thinking?), nor are Girl Scouts (That would be terribly rude), the take-charge child embarks on a search for something to settle the bear's loudly grumbling tummy. A series of failed tries with mud, pine cones, and a discouragingly aggressive rabbit leaves both pretty grumpy. In Sheneman's big cartoon panels and full-page scenes, the silent bear's gesticulations are as easy to read as the young naturalist's running commentary and lame attempts at humor (I'm sorry, big guy. I didn't mean to be so unbearable). Things finally start looking up after a brief spat, and following closer looks at her manual, the scout finds a patch of luscious berries, a beehive, and a good spot to fish. A droll addition to the annals of interspecies partnerships.--Peters, John Copyright 2018 Booklist
