{"product_id":"a-visitor-for-bear-9780763646110","title":"A Visitor for Bear","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Visitor for Bear\u003c\/i\u003e has the feel of a classic, and it's so cozy no parent could object to reading it aloud every night.\" --\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Review (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBear is quite sure he doesn't like visitors. He even has a sign. So when a mouse taps on his door one day, Bear tells him to leave. But the mouse -- who keeps popping up in the most unexpected places -- just won't go away! Cheery persistence wears down the curmudgeonly Bear in a wry comedy of manners that ends in a most unlikely friendship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBonny Becker\u003c\/b\u003e, author of a number of award-winning picture books and middle-grade novels, says that the persistent mouse featured in \u003ci\u003eA Visitor for Bear\u003c\/i\u003e just popped into her head one day and wouldn't go away. Several other Bear and Mouse stories are in the works. Bonny Becker lives in Seattle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKady MacDonald Denton\u003c\/b\u003e is the illustrator of \u003ci\u003eTwo Homes\u003c\/i\u003e by Claire Masurel and \u003ci\u003eA Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Ontario, Canada.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50600996143378,"sku":"9780763646110","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f68e2ce3-0925-4921-885b-c4e736793527.jpg?v=1732219193","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-visitor-for-bear-9780763646110","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}