The book is about a young bear named Bob who has a crazy friend. He talks about how they are very different but still friends even when Bob is boring and Jack is wild.
This is a good fantasy because it's animals acting like humans and the story is believable because everyone has unique qualities of their personality.
Media: colored pencils
Age Range: early elementary ( )

This was a quick read aloud after one of the children's summer reading programs. I thought the cover was cute, but I probably would never have looked into it if one of the volunteers at the library hadn't brought it over and said it was good. A group of us promptly opened it up, and it was instantly charming. Bob the Bear is boring. His favorite place is empty parking lot, and his favorite thing to do is sit. His friend Jack the Panda is zany and energetic. Bob and Jack are contrasted through out the story, with Bob concluding that even though they are such very different bears, they make great friends, a cute and unobtrusive moral. The illustrations are deceptively simple, revealing great work on closer examination. Bob's and Jack's characters are obvious even through their illustrations, and their differences are humorous and charming. The language is simple and straight forward, and really seems to give Bob voice. There really wasn't anything about this book I didn't like. ( )

Cute picture book for younger readers. Bob feels he is boring especially compared to his friend, until he realizes it is okay for bears to do things differently from one another. ( )