By Maudie Smith (author) , Anna Simeone (illustrator)
"Perfect for little ones and their parents learning the gentle art of patience together"
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This adorable picture book follows a bear cub and his carer on a simple trip into town. You might well have experienced the challenges of doing chores with your little bear cub by your side. Knowing that perhaps it might be a whole lot quicker to go solo. But then you remember the details, the discoveries, the detours. The tiny adventures and gorgeous life lessons on the way hold their own magic. The fun to be had en route. Everything's an adventure. Except, perhaps, queuing.
It's a lesson in patience. In the joy of play. In the art of distraction. In the power of community. Buses are fun. Shopping is fun. Chasing after pigeons is fun. But queues are definitely boring. No fun to be found there. Except when everyone around them in the queue gets involved. Shares the load. Keeps the bear cub engaged whilst they wait to send their parcel to Granny.
In this playful tale, what begins as a wait becomes a shared moment of play. The games to distract the bear cub become bigger, sillier and more joyful. To the point where the cub wants to start all over again. They may be cute, but they can be a handful at times. A perfect book for anyone who has ever tried to distract a little one and accidentally created a monster game they can't escape from!
If you are going into town, your bear cub is going to want to come with you. They will help you carry your bags, they will happily sit next to a stranger on a busy bus, and they will absolutely love playing with the pigeons in the fountain. They will NOT, however, join you in a queue. Queues are BORING! But when you have a parcel to send to Granny, you're going to have to keep your bear cub entertained. . .
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In this joyful tale, the games to distract the bear cub become bigger and more elaborate, eventually involving everyone in the queue. After a flamboyant finale, it's time to go home at last. . . except the bear cub has vanished! Queueing turned out to be such fun that the cub has joined the back of the line to start again. It turns out that bear cubs DO do queues, after all!
Relatable topic for young readers who are developing their patience and learning to wait, and for parents who understand what it is like to have a cute but impatient companion.
Maudie Smith started work as an actress, but moved to Bath with her TV screenwriter husband. She gave up touring theatre when she had children. In the last couple of years she's written a libretto for a newly commissioned opera and run a very successful school drama club, whilst raising two daughters, cats, chickens, guinea pigs etc. She is currently doing an MA at Bath Spa in Writing for Young People.
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If you are going into town, your bear cub is going to want to come with you. They will help you carry your bags, they will happily sit next to a stranger on a busy bus, and they will absolutely love playing with the pigeons in the fountain.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Bear Cubs Don't Do Queues and determined it is suitable for children aged 0-4 years old
Bear Cubs Don't Do Queues features in the following genres: Books for Babies and Toddlers, Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations, Funny, Animal Stories, First Concepts, Picture storybooks, Early years: first experiences, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s picture books, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts
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Bear Cubs Don't Do Queues was written by Maudie Smith and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD
Bear Cubs Don't Do Queues has 30 pages
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