This book offers a sweet story of separation and love between a mother and son. This book would be ideal for young students on the first day of school or experiencing some sort of separation from their families. It will help students cope with their emotion and understand that they may be physically apart from their loved ones, but mentally they can always be together. ( )

Mama Bear have to leave Little Bear at home while she has to go away for awhile so she kept her kisses in a jar or a box. She put kisses in the jar/box so when he is ever missing her he can just open it and Little Bear also made one for Mama Bear.

I like how at the end of the story the author wrote the meaning behind the book she wrote. It was her own experience with the box or jar she had with her son. ( )

Simple and warm, a bit too sentimental for my taste. ( )