Genre
Picture books for children
Storytime standouts
Writing Style
Minimal text
Spare
Theme
Learning to share
Subject
Animals
Bears
Friendship
Fruit
Fruit trees
Mice
Raccoons
Sharing

Genre:Fantasy
Age Appropriateness: Primary
Review/Critique: A mouse, a raccoon, and a bear all want a fruit. They share it and become friends. This is animal fantasy, due to the talking animals. Additionally, those animals would not share with one another. To me, the world didn't seem very believable or well-developed. ( )

Great book to teach kids about sharing. Norris the bear is waiting for fruit to rippen but after it does he decides to share it with other animals and makes new friends in the process. Best read to 4-5 year olds.

This book was about 3 animals a bear, raccoon, and a mouse. They all wanted the porridge. They eventually learned how to share and be friends. This book is short but has a positive message for children that they can relate to. I really love the illustrations and use of water colors. I also think this book has a good use of vocabulary to introduce to children. ( )

I liked this book for many different reasons. I liked the language of this book. The language was very descriptive. For example, it says, “So he shared the delicious, sun-kissed, soft-as-cotton-candy plorringe.” This book also emphasized by bolding descriptive words. I liked this because it draws attention on these words. This is good for a child who is leaning new vocabulary words because they can see how the word can be used in the context of the story. I also liked the message or big idea of this story. I liked how the bear waited for his plorringe to fall from the tree and then when it fell, he shared it with two of his new friends. This teaches children that sharing is good and kind. This story relates to children’s experiences because they often have difficulty sharing. This shows that sharing can be good because it helps you make new friends and it is the right thing to do.