Leave me alone

Author: Vera Brosgol

Hands down, this book has the best title. I am sure most parents with kids will agree.  Jokes apart, this is heart warming tale about a grandma who wants to get finish with her annual pet project but is disrupted by her grandkids of all ages. She leaves the house to finish this project but like all grandmas, she makes her bed, tidies the floor, makes tea and then bolts with her belongings. It is quite unfortunate that as she leaves her house she encounters bears who don’t understand English, goats who mistake her wares for snacks and aliens without ears. But like all Grandmas, she stops at nothing to finish the job that she has undertaken. A happy ending ensues.

Wonderful book. This might even teach the kid to build her boundaries and practice some self love.

 

Leave Me Alone!: (Caldecott Honor Book) - Brosgol, Vera

The Best Kind of Bear

Author: Greg Gormley

Illustrator: David Barrow

A bear goes on a journey to find out who he really he is. He searches far and wide to see if he fits into the mould of the other famous bear species. He has distinguishing features that makes him belong to none of them. Eventually, he finds himself. Even after he meets the first species, my daughter was thinking and calling out he is a certain kind of a bear. But in the end, he turns out to be something she did not expect which I thought was a nice twist to the ending.  This is a feel good story with good illustrations that bring out the different varieties of bears.

 

The Best Kind Of Bear