Bonny Becker and BEAR AND MOUSE Book Signing

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09/20/2014 - 1:00pm
Hurrah for another BEAR AND MOUSE adventure! Visit with a Chelan County girl who grew up to become a New York Times best-selling, multi-award-winning children’s author.

In Bonny Becker’s hilarious new Library Book For Bear, curmudgeonly Bear succumbs to Mouse’s entreaties and discovers the joy of books. Bear does not want to go to the library. He is quite sure he already has all the books he will ever need. Yet the relentlessly cheery Mouse, small and gray and bright-eyed, thinks differently. When Bear reluctantly agrees to go with his friend to the big library, neither rocket ships nor wooden canoes are enough for Bear’s picky tastes. How will Mouse ever find the perfect book for Bear? Children will giggle themselves silly as Bear’s arguments give way to his inevitable curiosity, leading up to a satisfying story hour and a humorously just-right library book.

Bonny Becker grew up in Wenatchee, and is the author of several books about Bear and Mouse, including the New York Times bestselling Visitor for Bear, and of Birthday for Bear, Bedtime for Bear, and a number of other award-winning picture books and middle-grade novels. 
 
In her own words:
My dad was a respected small-town doctor, who dreamed of dancing like Fred Astaire and drove a motorcycle to his rounds in the dead of winter bundled in a huge parka. My mom urged us up narrow mountain roads and out to empty deserts in search of rare birds, and happily managed to read just about every book in the library while six kids, their friends, various dogs, cats, hamsters, ducks, chickens, even a giant pet rat, tumbled through life about her.
As my mother did, I like a bit of chaos and lots of time to think and dream in my life. One of my earliest dreams—to be a writer—came true. But before I published my first book, I went to college—twice. I have a degree in Psychology and a degree in English/Creative Writing. I've worked picking fruit, made ski goggles, was a waitress, store clerk, substitute teacher, hotel maid, typist, photographer, journalist, editor and corporate communications manager. Along the way, I met a wonderful man in the vitamin aisle of a grocery store, got married and had two wonderful children.
It took a long time for my dream of writing books to come true, but it’s been worth the wait. It’s given me lots of “me” to put in my stories. I can't wait to see what I become next!

A Library Book for Bear (Bear and Mouse) By Bonny Becker, Kady MacDonald Denton (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780763649241
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Candlewick - July 22nd, 2014

A Visitor for Bear (Bear and Mouse) By Bonny Becker, Kady MacDonald Denton (Illustrator) Cover Image
$7.99
ISBN: 9780763646110
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Candlewick - August 14th, 2012

The Magical Ms. Plum By Bonny Becker, Amy Portnoy (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Bonny Becker, Amy Portnoy (Illustrator)
$7.99
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ISBN: 9780375847608
Published: Yearling - August 9th, 2011