Celebrating my birthday with Jesse Bear!

Jaunty little rhymes zip us right through all the exciting activities that are part of Jesse's birthday party. Fun!

Myself, I'm looking forward to birthday pumpkin pie and a load of new Pooh books. ( )

It's Jesse Bear's birthday and he's having a party. He's sent out the invitations, bought the prizes, baked the cake, and decorated the house with his parents. Jesse Bear anxiously awaits his guests. When they show up, Jesse Bear opens his gifts and they all play games and eat cake. After the guests leave, Jesse Bear recieves one last present from his parents - a book.

The book is written in a rhyming format. It's a great story for young readers with lots of picture support. The story is easy to relate to for any person who's had a birthday party or been to a birthday party before. ( )

From Publishers Weekly
The quintessential preschooler, Jesse Bear can't wait until his birthday party begins: "Letters in the mailbox,/ Prizes from the store,/ House is decorated,/ Banner on the door." From the time his guests arrive until Jesse is tucked in for the night, the bear's fourth birthday is filled with traditional treats-musical chairs, a treasure hunt, sack race and a birthday cake-and his parents' special gift, a copy of Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? As in the previous books starring this beguiling bruin (see Notes, p. 72), Carlstrom's bouncy, rhyming text and Degen's bright watercolors are perfectly tuned to the humor and sensibilities of their intended audience. Long on brio and short on plot, the story eschews conflict, focusing instead on the details of Jesse's idyllic day. Degen's endearing pictures of Jesse and his beaming parents, together with the decorative borders filled with striped candy, flowers and party favors, cheerfully support the book's thesis that "parties should not end." Ages 2-6.
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