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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2008
PreS-Gr 2 When a friendly mouse knocks at his door, Bear sternly points to the "No Visitors Allowed" sign. Returning to his breakfast preparations, he opens the cupboard only to find the mouse tucked inside a bowl. "Perhaps we could have just a spot of tea," the ever-hopeful guest suggests, but he is again shown the door. Despite boarding the windows shut, stopping up the chimn...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2008
"No visitors allowed." The sign on Bear's front door is clear, but one "small and gray and bright-eyed" mouse is undeterred. After Bear refuses to let him in, the mouse begins popping up in Bear's kitchen, and anti-social Bear — large, round, and intimidating — throws him out each time. The rhythmic text quickly falls into a pattern: the mouse surprises Bear, Bear gets angry; the mouse politely suggests "a spot of tea" or "a crackling fire"; Bear, growing increasingly desperate, orders the m...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
"No visitors allowed." The sign on Bear's door is clear, but one mouse is undeterred. He pops in, only to be thrown out. Den...Log In or Sign Up to Read More