They are outlined in strong black lines and stand out against the yellows, blues, greens and oranges of the background. She uses digitized artwork in saturated colors to create a lovely little world for her animals. Yoon’s story is sweet without being sentimental. But Moose, wearing a tie, is clearly grown and knows that it is time to share and that Bear will take very good care of his Floppy. Bear has a tear in his eye as he watches Moose and Floppy hug.
Into the cozy little picture steps Moose, who immediately recognizes his bunny, named Floppy. The following day, they happily play together and ride Bear’s tricycle. Alas, he returns home still worried about bunny. With a wagon full of fliers and the bunny secure in Bear’s backpack, he festoons the trees with posters and checks out a bulletin board filled with lost and found objects (some of which will bring a chuckle to adult readers). 3-6)īear clearly loves the toy bunny that he has found sitting up against a tree in the forest, but he wants to help it return to its home. Although there is an important lesson to be learned here, this picture book would’ve benefited from a bit more imagination.
The Disney-esque depictions of the likable-enough, though entirely bland characters make both figures and setting seem recycled rather than fresh. The gang is left feeling silly when they realize the awful monster they’ve imagined is nothing more than an innocuous little mouse.
As each one passes the message along to the other, the monster becomes more and more terrifying and makes increasingly more menacing noises-from the “pshh pshh!” Duck initially hears to a cumulative “pshh pshh, grrr, bang bang, wham wham, grrrowl! OOOOOOoooeeeeee!”-until they finally decide to face the beast head on. When Duck hears suspicious noises coming from under her bed, she turns to her trusty forest friends, Pig, Bear, Wolf and Owl, to help investigate what horrid creature must be lurking under her bed. This picture book by veterans Landa and Warnes puts a stale spin on a timeless lesson: There’s no use in making a mountain out of molehill, or, in this case, a monster out of a mouse.
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