When we planned our cross country move I purchased several children's books that dealt with the subject to read to my two children. This was our favorite. It is a heart warming story about saying goodbye to the house but not to the happy memories. We even walked around our empty house after the moving van had left to say goodbye just as the bear family does in Goodbye House. I am filled with happy memories of our old home every time I read it.

The plot of _Goodbye House_: Baby Bear and his parents have packed up the moving van. Baby Bear realizes he has forgotten something, so Baby Bear, Mama Bear, and Papa Bear venture back inside.

But the house is empty! Father bear then says, "But what about the memories?" Papa then carries baby bear around the house, and they say goodbye to each room, to the walls and ceilings, and in the back yard they say goodbye to the fence, and other objects.

After they leave the house and lock the front door, they get back in the moving van and drive away. Baby bear exclaims that he realizes he forgot to say 'goodbye.'

It's a touching book, and it's easy to animate your voice a little bit to make the book funny and playful.

I know you're thinking there's not much to the plot, but my 2 year old son (he was 20 months when we first started reading this book) just LOVES it. When I tell it, I give papa bear's voice a really rough edge, a deep sound, and a New York accent. My son now joins in with me when I bust out with "What about the memories" like an actor in a gangster film. He roars with laughter. And when we're done reading the book, he usually wants me to read it one more time.

I heartily recommend _Goodbye House_ to any families with toddlers, 18 months to 3 years. I also recommend it to any families with children aged 18 months to 5 years who are moving to a new house.

The paperback version is SO inexpensive. For a few dollars more you can add this to your amazon book order. You won't be disappointed.

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GOODNIGHT DEWBERRY BEAR by Dori Chaconas is an absolute delight!!! The endearing character faces all sorts of childhood fears while learning to pray. Children will relate to Dewberry's wild imagination and funny antics. Parents will love the valuable lesson that Dewberry learns- God is with you always. It helps children understand that prayers can be said anytime, anywhere- not just at bedtime. Dori Chaconas writes in a lively, humorous style. All of her books are treasures in our home library.

Dewberry Bear is a charming bedtime bear of a story. A definite read-out-loud that offers families a chance to share hopes and fears and prayers!

This is the best children's book I have seen to date. It is the perfect combination of text to picture ratio, theme repetition, and familiar animals, with the opportunity for sound effects/creativity in story reading, that keeps kids one to six years old enthralled. Even 18 month olds will start reciting the catch phrase, "Gotcha!", along with you. A definite winner.

A fun slapstick frolic as Bertha chases a beastly black fly. The words are fun and playful, the illustrations happy and well-realised, fully integrated into the story. In the best picture books the illustrations ARE part of the story, conveying much of the plot, motivations, and expressiveness.

This book is one of those. A lot of fun for shared reading aloud, or independent early reading.

I'm the author of Backcountry Bear Basics: The Definitive Guide to Avoiding Unpleasant Encounters, and there aren't many books about bears I can recommend, but this is one of them. It doesn't portray black bears as demons or Disneyland characters. It's 100% accurate and the writing is top notch: very engaging. If you can only buy one book about black bears, this is it. If you can buy two books, add A Shadow In The Forest: Idaho's Black Bears, by two Idaho biologists.

Granted, this is not the type of book one would normally 'just happen upon'. However, if you are looking specifically for information on "Ursus Americanus", the American Black Bear, this is the one you want. I have been involved in black bear research for over 10 years. This is the most detailed, well photographed, and up to date book I have found. Did I mention it is also enjoyable to read?! The combined effort of the researcher and author resulted in an excellent book. While reading this book, you'll come to learn the behavior, life cycles, lauguage and habitat of the black bear. Take advantage of others' years of experience, and photography; take their knowledge. You'll come away with a complete understanding of black bears that you will not get from any other resource

When Jim Wilson has recurring nightmares of being attacked by a grizzly bear, he counters them with a week in the wilderness with friends to enjoy elk hunting in the midst of grizzly country. But on this outing with friends he finds himself confronted with escaped convicts seeking to hijack his group for their own purposes. His life, and the lives of his friends depend upon what he will do next! Griz Nightmare is set in the rugged beauty of northern Montana and showcases the undeniable storytelling talents of Leland Waldrip with this latest thriller to his growing list of highly recommended titles.

Hi potential readers of Griz Nightmare,

When you sit down with this one, grab the arms of your easy chair and prepare for excitement.

I am probably offering a biased opinion on this book, as I am a reader of several of R. Leland Waldrip's books, including the original chapter of this book, "The Last Grizzly".

If you have ever seen the Rockies, or wanted to, you will travel there within this book. Waldrip paints the Rocky Mountains with words, as he nearly drives you crazy with mystery and suspense as he carries the reader through one after another of the adventures within this book.

The story portrays the misadventures of a group of sub-human convicts as they head for Canada in an escape attempt. One of the unusual heros in the story is the grizzly itself.

To tell any more details of the story would do the reader a disservice.

I promise you a very long evening of entertainment, as I could not put it down once I began reading.

Upon first opening this book, one is hit by a wonderful introduction which creates a promising beginning for the book. Unlike many books dealing with bears, this book contains good information and wonderful pictures that dazzle the eye. The ending brings all but the strong hearted to tears, as five years with Little Stony is ended abruptly. For anyone interested in letting their child read a good book about grizzly bears, with both pictures and excellent informational content, this would be the best one. The reader watches the bear grow from just a tiny cub to a large adult with the pictures allowing one to see the stages of development in a natural setting. Rick McIntyre weaves a breath taking story with his written words, letting the reader feel what Rick was feeling when those words were written. This book has truly made me interested in bears, visiting Yellowstone National Park and waiting silently at dawn in hopes that a bear would be spotted on one of the hillsides. Usually, my efforts pay off. This book makes one feel as if Little Stony and his mother were standing right in front of them, so detailed is the story and the pictures. A highly recommend book for anyone interested in seeing good pictures of grizzly bears in the wild and having good writing to accompany it. Buy this book now and I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

"It reads like a movie." -First grade student "Everyone should take time out to read this book." -Third grade student

Our class read Grizzly Cub: Five years in the Life of a Bear and absolutely loved it. It's a great source of information as well as an entertaining story. The photographs throughout the book are breathtaking and help tell the story of a curious bear named "Little Stony". -Multiage Class grades 1-3 Rainier Primary

Wonderful counting rhymes that leads the child to join in and participate in 'reading' the book. Lifelike illustrations of playful bears. The best counting book we have!

Our daughter just loves this book! We keep it by the rocking chair where we feed her her bottle. As soon as she is finished her bottle, she lunges for her gummi bear book. The colors are very eye catching, and the story is very simple. My wife and I can recite every page from memory, because we have read it to our daughter so many times.

Harriman State Park (NY) is about 30 minutes outside of NY City. The main areas get crowded on late spring, summer and early fall weekends, but hike into the park a mile or so and you will find excellent and challenging trails virtually all to yourself. The Harriman Trails, A Guide and History gives the hiker many interesting facts on the trail they are contemplating hiking. It also gives the weary hiker the distance to the trail head ;) Great book. Too bad it's out-of-print. I was going to buy another one because my copy is dog-eared and worn.

Mr. Miles has captured the essence of Harriman State Park in his magnificent guide. As a life-long resident of Rockland County, which incorporates the eastern half of the park, I have hiked many of the trails. Yet with Mr. Miles' guide in hand, it's like hiking each trail for the first time! Of particular interest is the author's detailed history of the "forgotten villages" which were absorbed into the Park, and are slowly fading from memory. Harriman Park with it's 50,000+ acres is a wonderful treasure of natural unspoiled beauty only 40 miles from the greatest city in the world. Mr. Miles has given his readers a magnificent passport to this treasure!

My 8 month old loves this book. Her face lit up when she first saw and touched it, and she still loves to look at the pages and explore the soft cover.

I like it better than her other board books because she's less likely to bonk herself in the head painfully with this one.

It's basically a compilation of (color) pictures which feature Tigger from House At Pooh Corner, with simple captions. Since I love A. A. Milne, this is a great substitute until my daughter's old enough to listen to the real Pooh books.

Also a good deal at this price - well-constructed.

This book is one of our favorites. My 9 month old son loves it. The soft cover is very appealing to babies and the classic illustrations are fun to look at. It has a quick entertaining format. Hello Tigger! always brings a smile to our faces when we read.

Eric Carle, the king of colorful collage, has been delighting young readers for sometime now. This sturdy board book reissue of his 1981 classic is simply another jewel in his crown.

Bug-eyed, red nosed and eager, a honeybee exhorts her neighbors to go out and gather nectar. Pull a tab, and you'll see her fly. Another tab opens flower petals so the bees can sip nectar.

She's a swift honeybee, this one, as her tab-told story unfolds - she escapes a bird, a fish, and a frog to play with a vibrant winged pop-up butterfly.

But once she returns to her hive she hears a frightening noise. She thinks it must be a robber. What kind of a robber would try to steal their honey? What can the bees do to defend themselves. Pull some more tabs, and you'll see.!

Easy for young hands, a delight for young eyes, and a smile for the young at heart.

My children and I always anxiously await any new addition to our Eric Carle library. It's hard to believe that our next book will meet our high expectations, but they always do. The honeybee and the Robber was a new angle to his interactive collection which we thoroughly enjoyed. My children had plenty of opportunity to share the moving pictures and read the book over and over.The beauty of this book is that the children enjoy "reading" it to themselves using the moving parts to stir their imagination