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Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett
4.0
Oh, the colors, the details and the beautiful animals. What a wonder and joy this book is. The setting appears to be a little European village having a town dance. An orchestra has been called in to play for the celebration and Berlioz the bear is the double bass player.
He is nervous today as there is something not quite right about his playing. He loads up his festive cart with the band and they are off to the town until his wagon wheel hits a hole in the road and they are stuck. The whole time we see animals trying to help pull out the wagon and in the panels we see townspeople gathering in the square for the dance.
I love what gets the wagon moving and it was a delightful surprise. It turns out to be a wonderful event. I love that music is part of this story and the wagon full of musicians cracks me up. They sit there the whole time and don’t get out to help move the wagon. I love the fancy clothes everyone is wearing. The whole story works beautifully.
Both kids loved this story. The nephew gave this 5 stars and the niece gave it 4 stars. I wait for the book that both kids think is worthy of 5 stars.
He is nervous today as there is something not quite right about his playing. He loads up his festive cart with the band and they are off to the town until his wagon wheel hits a hole in the road and they are stuck. The whole time we see animals trying to help pull out the wagon and in the panels we see townspeople gathering in the square for the dance.
I love what gets the wagon moving and it was a delightful surprise. It turns out to be a wonderful event. I love that music is part of this story and the wagon full of musicians cracks me up. They sit there the whole time and don’t get out to help move the wagon. I love the fancy clothes everyone is wearing. The whole story works beautifully.
Both kids loved this story. The nephew gave this 5 stars and the niece gave it 4 stars. I wait for the book that both kids think is worthy of 5 stars.