LoveReading4Kids Says
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2016.
Text, illustration and design all combine to make this an outstanding picture book. Mouse is cross, there’s a bear – a polar bear – on his chair, he won’t move and ‘There isn’t any room to spare. We do not make a happy pair’. The bear is apparently oblivious to Mouse and his growing rage, though readers will notice him take an occasional sly peek at his companion, deftly illustrated in just one line of eyebrow. Collins’s illustrations also brilliantly capture Mouse’s changing moods, from anger through to resignation. The text is a joy to read, a series of funny statements constructed – Dr Seuss-like – around words that rhyme with chair. A sequel – There’s a Mouse in My House – must follow. This superb picture book is set to become a classic. ~ Andrea Reece
Louise from Nosy Crow says: “This hilarious and highly original story featuring mouse and bear with just one chair is perfect for fans of Jon Klassen. Children will laugh out loud and parents will love the clever nature of the story.”
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There's a Bear on My Chair Synopsis
Celebrate 10 years of this fantastically funny rhyming picture book by award-winning Ross Collins about a bear that just won't get off a mouse's chair.
Winner of The Amnesty CILIP Honour 2016
Shortlisted for The Kate Greenaway Medal 2016
Share this incredible gift edition with shimmering blue and gold cover with your loved ones!
Poor Mouse! A bear has settled in his favourite chair and that chair just isn't big enough for two. Mouse tries all kinds of tactics to shift Bear but nothing works and tired old Mouse eventually gives up. Once Mouse has gone, however, that cheeky Bear just gets up and walks home! How dare he? But what's that? Is that a MOUSE in Bear's HOUSE?!
Can't get enough? Look out for more Mouse and Bear shenanigans and other brilliant picture books from Ross Collins:
- There's a Mouse in My House
- We Disagree About This Tree
- This Zoo is Not for You
- What Does an Anteater Eat?
- This is a Dog
Praise for There's a Bear on My Chair:
"This stylish, Dr. Seussian, laugh-together picture book delights in simple, scanning rhyme, funny lines, a surprise ending and Collins's sure, comical draughtmanship" - The Sunday Times
About This Edition
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9781805137634 |
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27th February 2025 |
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Ross Collins |
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Ross Collins |
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Nosy Crow an imprint of Nosy Crow Ltd |
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Hardback |
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32 pages |
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About Ross Collins
Ross Collins' primary 1 teacher, Mrs Spears, told his parents that he should go to art school. 13 years went by until he was finally 'old enough' to get into the Glasgow School of Art. Can you believe that? – 13 years. On graduating he won the Macmillan Prize for his first picture book. Since then he's illustrated over 100 books for children and written a few of them too. Several of them have won enormous glittering awards which he keeps in a box in Latvia. Ross' book The Elephantom was recently adapted into a critically acclaimed play by those clever people at the National Theatre who made that 'War Horse' thing. When he's not creating children's books he enjoys working on character development for animation studios like Laika and Disney. He also likes walking in the Scottish glens with his dog Hugo, who is an idiot and his partner Jacqui, who is not.
Photo credit, Chris Close.
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