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librarywonder's review against another edition
4.0
I received this book as a review copy from Toon Books. Benjamin Bear in Fuzzy Thinking has been very popular in my library and I'm sure my students will enjoy this one, as well. The book is a collection of one-page comics. Many of these comic strips made me laugh, while others made me stop and reflect. Although written with younger children in mind, this is an interesting book for kids of all ages.
crystal_reading's review against another edition
5.0
This is a collections of unrelated simple stories that finish as a joke. Hilarious!
snowelf's review against another edition
4.0
Probably our favorite Toon Book so far: Not a story, but a series of vignettes giving you something to chuckle at on every page. The jokes on these pages however, despite being so basic and simple that a 4-5 year old should be able to get it most of the time (at least with a little hint from the parent), are all the while amazingly clever and inventive. This is not crude, mean or slapstick humor, in the style of maybe [b:The Stupids |404977|The Stupids Die (The Stupids, #3)|Harry Allard|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348033279s/404977.jpg|1295781], or even [b:George and Martha|408766|George and Martha The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends|James Marshall|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1174504097s/408766.jpg|398070]. No, this is a gentle, thoughtful tale of friendship that both young and old will enjoy. Made me laugh out loud several times, and so did my son.
This could fall under "easy reader", it certainly is. It's not challenging though in any way, and does not in fact contain all that much text, as many of the gags are wordless.
This could fall under "easy reader", it certainly is. It's not challenging though in any way, and does not in fact contain all that much text, as many of the gags are wordless.
readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
4.0
I love this book and find you can use it for all levels of readers. Each page is its own comic, usually with a very humorous lesson or story. All readers will enjoy the funny circumstances Bear finds himself in. Teachers can use these comics to teach a variety of lessons: figurative language, irony, puns, inferences, how an author shows humor...
antlersantlers's review against another edition
I read this book out loud with an 8-ish year old yesterday. She could read it just fine, but the visual jokes were a little bit too sophisticated. And it was hard for her to grasp that it was a bunch of separate vignettes. It was fun to talk about, but it was just a little too much work.
elllie's review against another edition
4.0
Cute, funny, simple enough for kids getting used to reading our readers. Would be a good transition book or a first graphic novel-type book.
beecheralyson's review against another edition
4.0
These one page series of "stories" are quite funny.
tashrow's review
5.0
This is the second Benjamin Bear book and it is just as wonderful and successful as the first! This graphic novel offers single-page comic spreads that tell very short but very clever stories that are filled with humor. Sometimes the gag is visual, other times there is a verbal joke. What Coudray does best though is to vary the stories enough to make the book entirely surprising and great fun to read. One never knows what the next page will bring, just that it will be funny and a delight.
As with the first book, Coudray’s illustrations have a crispness to them. Done in flat color and fine black lines, the illustrations are made for fun. If there is humor to have, then Coudray does not shrink away from making it wonderfully bold and large.
This is a great book for reluctant readers and a graphic novel for elementary-aged children that belongs in every public library. Appropriate for ages 5-8.
As with the first book, Coudray’s illustrations have a crispness to them. Done in flat color and fine black lines, the illustrations are made for fun. If there is humor to have, then Coudray does not shrink away from making it wonderfully bold and large.
This is a great book for reluctant readers and a graphic novel for elementary-aged children that belongs in every public library. Appropriate for ages 5-8.
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