This review is for the 'Little Tiger Press': 2008 edition : 978-1845066192
Measuring in around 22 cm x 22.5 cm, this version of the beautiful book has a lightly padded, round-edged cover, with an endearing illustration. Short and sweet, with 18 pages altogether - one of each double-page spread with a line of thick black text.
From the back cover:-
'When Little Bear is with his daddy, he is the bravest, tallest and happiest Little Bear in the whole world.....
Soft illustrations and tender text bring to life the special bond between father and child in this beautiful book.
Look out for
My Mummy and Me, to complete this perfect set.'
Inside the covers are cardboard pages with pastel atmospheric illustrations, from the author, Tina Macnaughton, as Daddy Bear and Little Bear start out for a special 'together day' in the woods.
Little Bear goes on to list all the special feelings Daddy Bear gives him in gentle rhyme format:-
'When I'm with you, Daddy....
I am big and strong and tall.
I can fly right to the sky and never fall!
I'm the very bravest bear......
.....when I know that you are there.......'
A comforting book from one of my favourite illustrators, which gets a regular airing in the reading corner.