THE BEARS' ABC BOOK

by Robin & Jocelyn Wild ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 10, 1978

This cumbersome ABC from England is arbitrarily strung together by the aimless antics of three bears rummaging about in a dump. ""First of all they found an axe, but 'you mustn't play with sharp things,' said Snuff. So they poked about again and pulled out a bicycle."" Snuff falls off so they get in a car--and so the capricious trio switches to a deck chair, and on, fitfully, through the alphabet. Nothing suits for long--they can't touch the hatching eggs, the football makes them tired, guns go bang--but the dump continues to accommodate, producing a working television on cue and at last a fire extinguisher, a yo-yo, and a large stuffed zebra they all mount. Finally Mother Bear arrives to fetch her young ones home ("". . .and there was honeycomb for tea""). We wouldn't bother.

Pub Date: March 10, 1978

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Lippincott

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1978

Categories: CHILDREN'S