AGE LEVEL
3 and 4 year-olds
GENRE
Film
REVIEW
This delightful DVD is a film version (still images of the pages) of three picture books about good friends Bear and Rat. The first of these books is Big Brown Bear's Up and Down Day, in which the two meet and become friends as a result of Rat’s attempt to steal Bear’s slipper to use as a bed. In the second book, Big Brown Bear Goes to Town, Bear and Rat find a creative solution to the issue of preventing Rat’s car from filling with rain. The third book is Big Brown Bear’s Birthday Surprise, in which Rat organizes a surprise birthday picnic for Bear. The warm and sweet ink and watercolor illustrations transfer well to the screen. The DVD also includes McPhail’s discussion of how he became a children's books author and other topics. These humorous stories which focus on friendship, creative problem-solving, and forgiveness make for a wonderful DVD which is highly recommended for 3 and 4 year olds. Although the film is a collection of still images, it is not at all stilted. Actually, this format, in which different sections of each page are focused on separately, highlights aspects that one may have missed when reading the books.
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