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Fiction: Jules Feiffer

I Lost My Bear

This is a really cute picture book. The story is adorable (and should be familiar to anyone who has ever had or babysat a little kid). A little girl who has lost her all-important teddy bear tells the story. Nobody will help her find the bear, so she goes looking for it by herself. Unfortunately for the bear, she keeps finding other things she thought she had lost and getting sidetracked into playing with them. Eventually, bedtime comes and the crisis comes to a head. Of course, at the end of the book, the bear is found. The story is so cute and the little girl sounds just like any little kid looking for a lost toy (�I couldn�t find her because you wouldn�t help me!�). Because of the realism of the writing and the absolutely adorable main character, this book is fun to read.

I loved the pictures in this book. They were watercolors and ink. There is a sketchy style to the illustrations that resembles those of Quentin Blake. This sketchiness was great because it matched the high level of emotion and energy that followed the narrator throughout the book. It also provided an exaggerated quality to the pictures that really felt right with the exaggeration inherent in the drama of the search for the bear. They really matched the book well. And the hand lettered text that sort of danced over the page haphazardly fit very well with both the illustrations and the plot as well. I was very pleased with the visuals in this book.

This is an adorable picture book. I would definitely recommend it to anyone, but especially to anyone with a young child in their life!