The biggest thing in the world

Format:

Book

Title:

The biggest thing in the world

Author:

Steven, Kenneth C., 1968-

ISBN:

9780745962047

9780745961071

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

General Note:

"A Lion Children's book."

Summary:

"Little Snow Bear had been asleep for 97 and a half days. Now spring time was coming at last. He peeped out of the den to look at the great big world. So Little Snow Bear sets out with his mother for a wonderful day of discovery. Every new thing the little bear sees seems to be bigger than the last. But what is truly the biggest thing in the world?"--Front jacket flap

Subject(s):

Polar bear -- Juvenile fiction.

Polar bear -- Fiction.

Genre:

Added Author:

Mitchell, Melanie (Melanie Rose)

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Monmouth Public Library	STEVEN	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

As a little polar bear cub explores with his mother, he discovers many huge and wonderful things. Each object is bigger than the last, and the cub always asks his mother: "Is that the biggest thing in the world?" But each time his mother answers, "No." After much exploration, the cub eventually finds out that the biggest thing in the world is love.

Author Notes

Kenneth Steven is the author of The Bearer of Gifts , Imagining Things and Other Poems , and The Sea Mice and the Stars . Melanie Mitchell is the author of Good Morning and the First Step Nonfiction series, and is the illustrator of the See and Say! series.

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

Young preschoolers will recognize their experience of feeling dwarfed by a giant world in this picture book that combines some exciting science facts with cozy affection. Little Snow Bear feels small and vulnerable as he walks with his mother through the melting snow. When they come face-to-face with a huge musk ox, Little Snow Bear asks, Is that the biggest thing in the world? His mother answers, No. There are plenty of things that are bigger. He repeats the question, and he gets the same answer, as hundreds of elk thunder past, and he spots a powerful waterfall, a mountain reaching the sky, a whale, and the sea. The pastel-textured pictures, often shown from the small creature's viewpoint, intensify the warm, fuzzy effect. The story's close brings a comforting surprise as Little Snow Bear's mother tells him softly that what is bigger than anything else is how much she loves him. Children will be moved by the combination of the vast physical universe with the close, personal intimacy.--Rochman, Hazel Copyright 2010 Booklist