Just finished reading this to my son for the first time (& my first reread in a while). Such a great book to share with him & one I'll be recommending to many friends! ( )

Tyler's grandfather has just passed away and left him an old stuffed bear and a broken pocket watch. His family has moved into his grandfather's house and Tyler is being bullied at school, fallen in love with a really nice little girl in his class and being driven insane by his annoying sister. Then he begins to discover some amazing things, starting with his bear turning into a giant living polar bear that can save the day.

I didn't get into this book as much as I wanted to. The illustrator admits that he isn't a great inker and didn't really clean up his artwork and it kind of kills me a little bit and made it harder for me to get into. That being said the story is interesting and creative. It definitely had some unexpected twists and turns that I personally did not see coming. There don't appear to be anymore volumes of the story which is sad making b/c I would love to see where the author was going to take the story. I also thought all the notes at the end where he talks about how he came up with the story and developed characters (and why his art style isn't very clean) in conjunction with early artwork and character sketches was pretty great. ( )

Tyler's grandfather has just passed away and left him an old stuffed bear and a broken pocket watch. His family has moved into his grandfather's house and Tyler is being bullied at school, fallen in love with a really nice little girl in his class and being driven insane by his annoying sister. Then he begins to discover some amazing things, starting with his bear turning into a giant living polar bear that can save the day.

I didn't get into this book as much as I wanted to. The illustrator admits that he isn't a great inker and didn't really clean up his artwork and it kind of kills me a little bit and made it harder for me to get into. That being said the story is interesting and creative. It definitely had some unexpected twists and turns that I personally did not see coming. There don't appear to be anymore volumes of the story which is sad making b/c I would love to see where the author was going to take the story. I also thought all the notes at the end where he talks about how he came up with the story and developed characters (and why his art style isn't very clean) in conjunction with early artwork and character sketches was pretty great. ( )

Tyler's grandfather has just passed away and left him an old stuffed bear and a broken pocket watch. His family has moved into his grandfather's house and Tyler is being bullied at school, fallen in love with a really nice little girl in his class and being driven insane by his annoying sister. Then he begins to discover some amazing things, starting with his bear turning into a giant living polar bear that can save the day.

I didn't get into this book as much as I wanted to. The illustrator admits that he isn't a great inker and didn't really clean up his artwork and it kind of kills me a little bit and made it harder for me to get into. That being said the story is interesting and creative. It definitely had some unexpected twists and turns that I personally did not see coming. There don't appear to be anymore volumes of the story which is sad making b/c I would love to see where the author was going to take the story. I also thought all the notes at the end where he talks about how he came up with the story and developed characters (and why his art style isn't very clean) in conjunction with early artwork and character sketches was pretty great. ( )

Tyler's grandfather has just passed away and left him an old stuffed bear and a broken pocket watch. His family has moved into his grandfather's house and Tyler is being bullied at school, fallen in love with a really nice little girl in his class and being driven insane by his annoying sister. Then he begins to discover some amazing things, starting with his bear turning into a giant living polar bear that can save the day.

I didn't get into this book as much as I wanted to. The illustrator admits that he isn't a great inker and didn't really clean up his artwork and it kind of kills me a little bit and made it harder for me to get into. That being said the story is interesting and creative. It definitely had some unexpected twists and turns that I personally did not see coming. There don't appear to be anymore volumes of the story which is sad making b/c I would love to see where the author was going to take the story. I also thought all the notes at the end where he talks about how he came up with the story and developed characters (and why his art style isn't very clean) in conjunction with early artwork and character sketches was pretty great. ( )