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The Very Cranky Bear is a 2008 children's picture book by Nick Bland. It is about four animal friends, Moose, Lion, Zebra, and Sheep, who enter a cave to get out of a rainstorm and disturb a bear.
Publication history
2008, Australia, Scholastic Australia, ISBN 9781741691344
2009, United Kingdom, Hodder Childrens, ISBN 9780340989432
2011, Canada, Scholastic, ISBN 9781443107853
2014, USA, Orchard Books, ISBN 9780545612692
2020, Italy, as "Orso che broncio!", Caissa Italia, ISBN 9788867290963
Reception
A review in Publishers Weekly of The Very Cranky Bear wrote "Using a singsong rhyme scheme and a comically bumbling animal cast, Bland (The Runaway Hug) playfully introduces the concepts of consideration and respect in a story first published in Australia in 2008", and Kirkus Reviews called it "Good, not-so-cranky fun."
The Very Cranky Bear has also been reviewed by CM: Canadian Review of Materials, Booklist, School Library Journal, The Horn Book, and Library Media Connection.
It was the 2012 National Simultaneous Storytime book.
Adaptations
Cranky Bear, a theatrical adaption of The Very Cranky Bear, has been made by Patch Theatre.
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Library holdings of The Very Cranky Bear