Dog and Bear

Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories
by: Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Copyright: 2007
Pages: 32
Reading Level: 4-8

This book is a different style than I have seen before. Its a picture book with three short stories with in. All about a dog and a bear. First one is Bear in the Chair, and is the story of a Bear stuck in a chair. The Dog tries to help the Bear get over his fear and allows him to slide down his back. They are trying to get down because they want to go outside to play. But they then realize that he has left his scarf on the chair. So they play indoors.
The next story is called "Play with Me! Play with Me!" And is where dog tries and tries to get bear to play with him. However Bear is reading a story, which happens to be about them. After Bear finishes the story he realizes that Dog just wants to be his friend and play with him. So when he finally stops reading to play with dog he asks "what shall we do?". Dog relies with "Read to Me! Read to Me!"
The final story is called "Dog Changes His Name." This story is about Dog he feels like his name is to boring. He thinks of many names but every time Bear thinks about it and doesn't think it fits him very well. His first idea is spot, but bear says "But you don't have any spots." So they finally decide on "My Best Friend Dog", "or just Dog for short".

Recommended to: Younger children. Its kind of fun because it has several stories so you get to know Dog and Bear more.
Problems: When Dog is trying to find a new name, Bear sort of tells him that he can't be a champ, or a prince, and what not. And that is not the best message to be sending to children.
My Reaction: This story was a little to simple for my personal taste. But it had fun illustrations. I don't think its something I would ever purchase, but if I ever found it in the library it would be good to read to a small child.