A Bear Named Bjorn by Delphine Perret

A Bear Named Bjorn is a collection of stories originally published in France. (Of course, the text has been translated into English!) Readers will immediately notice the unusual colored pages of this book; they are mint green instead of the usual white. The only other color used is black for the line drawings included on each page. This book reminds me of both the Little Bear book series by Else Holmelund Minarik and the Winnie the Pooh stories by A.A. Milne. Each chapter is a separate story involving the same characters, Bjorn and his woodland friends. My favorite story, "Nothing," follows a day in the life of Bjorn. "Not much happens in a bear's life," the story begins, "Often Bjorn does nothing at all. But he's never bored." 

I recommend this story collection to young readers ready to take a small step into the world of chapter books. A Bear Named Bjorn has six brief, fully illustrated chapters that invite children to imagine what it might be like to live life as a bear.

Mrs. N.