What the Grizzly Knows by David Elliott, illustrated by Max Grafe.

Post by M. Locker, librarian. This is a perfect book to lull little ones into a cost bedtime sleep. What the Grizzly Knows is a half-dream story of a little boy whose teddy grows into a real bear. The boy turns into a grizzly bear too and together they wander the forest, catch fish and mingle with the other woodland creatures. It is written in a series of rhyming quatrains. The indistinct lines of the watercolor illustrations help to add to the dreamy quality of the story. “And none but teddy will suppose/ that he knows what the grizzly knows.” Children will love how this story will feed their dreams; perhaps they too will become bears in their dreams. Ages 4-8.

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