Summary
Bear's minimalist holiday celebration has an eager Mouse feeling a bit anxious in this humorous and heartwarming story about the unlikely, lovable pair.
One frosty night, Bear hears a tap, tap, tapping on his front door. "Merry Christmas!" cries Mouse. Mouse is there for a Christmas party, and Bear has never had one before, but he's certain that pickles (preferably from France) must be an essential component, along with the reading of a long and difficult poem. The problem is, whenever Bear comes back from the kitchen with more treats, Mouse has vanished -- only to be found, small and gray and guilty-eyed, scurrying under the bed or rifling through the closet. Will there be even a tiny present involved? "Hogwash!" scolds Bear. Get ready for holiday anticipation and the best kind of surprises as the curmudgeonly Bear and a hopeful Mouse return in a warm, funny tale full of holiday cheer and true friendship.
One frosty night, Bear hears a tap, tap, tapping on his front door. "Merry Christmas!" cries Mouse. Mouse is there for a Christmas party, and Bear has never had one before, but he's certain that pickles (preferably from France) must be an essential component, along with the reading of a long and difficult poem. The problem is, whenever Bear comes back from the kitchen with more treats, Mouse has vanished -- only to be found, small and gray and guilty-eyed, scurrying under the bed or rifling through the closet. Will there be even a tiny present involved? "Hogwash!" scolds Bear. Get ready for holiday anticipation and the best kind of surprises as the curmudgeonly Bear and a hopeful Mouse return in a warm, funny tale full of holiday cheer and true friendship.
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Additional Information
| Subjects |
Bears
-- Juvenile fiction.
Mice -- Juvenile fiction. Gifts -- Juvenile fiction. Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. Christmas -- Fiction. Bears -- Fiction. Mice -- Fiction. Gifts -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Christmas fiction. |
| Publisher | Somerville, Massachusetts :Candlewick Press,2017 |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Contributors |
Denton, Kady MacDonald,
illustrator. |
| Language |
English |
| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm |
| ISBN | 9780763649234 0763649236 |
| Other | Classic View |