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"Better than virtual reality, this is one trip begging to be taken on repeat." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Assignment: Imagine yourself as a bear for the day. What would you do? Caldecott Honor and three-time Geisel Award-winning author and illustrator Corey R. Tabor offers an inspiring--and surprising--answer in this funny picture book for fans of Mo Willems, David Shannon, and Peter Brown.
If you were a bear for a day, what would you do? Probably wake up, eat breakfast, go for a motorcycle ride, and rescue your best friend from a rogue hot air balloon. . . . You know, normal bear stuff
You certainly wouldn't stand in front of the whole class and give a boring, detailed, and informational report about bears.
Dynamically illustrated from the bear's perspective, the Caldecott Honor and three-time Geisel Award-winning Corey R. Tabor delivers an innovative and crowd-pleasing picture book. This funny, mischievous, and surprising picture book about creativity, friendship, where ideas come from, and the fun of using your imagination, will be a hit at home, at story times, and in classrooms.
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- ISBN-13: 9780063373600
- ISBN-10: 0063373602
- Publisher: Greenwillow Books
- Publish Date: May 2026
- Dimensions: 11.78 x 8.91 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.95 pounds
- Page Count: 40
- Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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What do a sharp-dressed bear and a young boy have in common? Neither can resist the call of the open road . . . in a boy named Corey’s vivid imagination, that is.
As Corey R. Tabor’s upbeat ode to creativity Bear for a Day opens, readers will encounter a colorful mixed-media collage with drawings of black bears and grizzly bears, plus sticky notes holding bear-related lists. One of them, “things bears do,” is particularly intriguing, and hints at the tons of fun to come. It has entries like “eat,” “sleep” and “play”—and also an uncertain “ride motorcycle?”
The answer to that question is decidedly, delightfully yes when the fictional young Corey gives a class presentation about what he’d do if he were a bear for a day. Some things aren’t surprising, such as greeting the sunrise with a big yawn or having a delicious breakfast. But unlike most bears (as far as we know, anyway), Corey’s ursine alter ego also dons a plaid shirt and jeans and hops on his motorcycle to look for his best pal, Mouse. “Faster and faster I would go! I would lean and leeeaaan, all the way into town!” There, the pink-helmet-wearing bear encounters a business-suit-wearing elephant and a food-court-worker panda as he continues searching for his mischievous friend.
When a hot-air balloon comes into play, Tabor perfectly and hilariously conveys Corey’s classmates’ crescendoing enthusiasm as he resists sharing plain old bear facts and, like his bear counterpart, really leans into his thrill ride of a tale. Tabor’s decision to visually convey Corey’s story from the bear’s perspective is a masterful touch that encourages readers to acknowledge others’ perspectives and consider traveling several miles in someone else’s shoes (or paws).
Tabor, a Caldecott Honoree and three-time Geisel Award winner, infuses Bear for a Day with the joy that comes from experiencing and embracing the unexpected, and his appealing illustrations include lots of adorable detail. It’s a hearty-grin-inducing read perfect for fans of Ian Falconer’s Two Dogs and Daniel Bernstrom’s A Bear, A Man, and a Donut Van.
What do a sharp-dressed bear and a young boy have in common? Neither can resist the call of the open road . . . in a boy named Corey’s vivid imagination, that is.
As Corey R. Tabor’s upbeat ode to creativity Bear for a Day opens, readers will encounter a colorful mixed-media collage with drawings of black bears and grizzly bears, plus sticky notes holding bear-related lists. One of them, “things bears do,” is particularly intriguing, and hints at the tons of fun to come. It has entries like “eat,” “sleep” and “play”—and also an uncertain “ride motorcycle?”
The answer to that question is decidedly, delightfully yes when the fictional young Corey gives a class presentation about what he’d do if he were a bear for a day. Some things aren’t surprising, such as greeting the sunrise with a big yawn or having a delicious breakfast. But unlike most bears (as far as we know, anyway), Corey’s ursine alter ego also dons a plaid shirt and jeans and hops on his motorcycle to look for his best pal, Mouse. “Faster and faster I would go! I would lean and leeeaaan, all the way into town!” There, the pink-helmet-wearing bear encounters a business-suit-wearing elephant and a food-court-worker panda as he continues searching for his mischievous friend.
When a hot-air balloon comes into play, Tabor perfectly and hilariously conveys Corey’s classmates’ crescendoing enthusiasm as he resists sharing plain old bear facts and, like his bear counterpart, really leans into his thrill ride of a tale. Tabor’s decision to visually convey Corey’s story from the bear’s perspective is a masterful touch that encourages readers to acknowledge others’ perspectives and consider traveling several miles in someone else’s shoes (or paws).
Tabor, a Caldecott Honoree and three-time Geisel Award winner, infuses Bear for a Day with the joy that comes from experiencing and embracing the unexpected, and his appealing illustrations include lots of adorable detail. It’s a hearty-grin-inducing read perfect for fans of Ian Falconer’s Two Dogs and Daniel Bernstrom’s A Bear, A Man, and a Donut Van.