Bossy Bear, by David Horvath, immediately got Calvin's attention. I read it to him once, and he immediately wanted to hear it again. Just like the David Shannon's books, Calvin loves characters who are being naughty. This book captures the kind of brattiness that toddlers can dish out, using language that's fun to say out loud. After hearing it once Calvin was already saying "Bossy Bear" and "gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme!" and "faster!" (I know, it sounds like the books going to warp his personality and turn him into a brat. But, he was already being a total handful today, so at least he can have words for it). Bossy Bear learns that if he bosses everybody around nobody will want to play with him. In the end he learns to make friends with a little turtle.
David Horvath and his wife, Sun-Min Kim, are the creators of those Ugly Dolls that I've seen in so many stores and wondered about.
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