| Specifications | 8.75" X 8.75"; 32 pages; Full-Color Illustrations |
| Author(s) | Daniel Pinkwater |
| Illustrator(s) | Jill Pinkwater |
| List Price | | US$ 5.95 |  | |  |
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About
the Book
Welcome to
Café Mama Bear
Larry the polar bear has gone
bohemian. He plays bongos, writes poetry, and wears a beret and sunglasses.
Larry also thinks his friend Martin Frobisher is so square he has corners.
Martin’s wife, Semolina, and his daughter, Mildred, tend to agree. But
deep down, Martin knows he’s cool, and decides to prove it to his family.
He dons shades and sandals and suggests that they all go to Café Mama Bear.
The whole family is in for wild night at the café, where they will rub
shoulders with honey bears, hairy nears, grizzly bears, growly bears, and bears
of every description.
This hilarious tribute to the beat generation
proves once and for all that Larry the polar bear is one ever-loving, crazy,
cool bear.
DANIEL and JILL PINKWATER have collaborated on books that
address a number of engaging topics, among them chickens
(The Hoboken Chicken
Emergency),
werewolves
(The Werewolf Club
series), dogs
(Superpuppy: How to
Choose, Raise, and Train the Best Possible Dog for You),
and,
of course, polar bears
(Irving and
Muktuk: Two Bad Bears
and the
Larry
books).
Independent studies have shown that kids who read Pinkwater books grow up
smarter than other kids. Adults who wish for the same result have been turning
into Mr. Pinkwater’s regular commentaries on National Public Radio’s
All Things
Considered
and have read many commentaries in his collection,
Hoboken Fish & Chicago
Whistle.
Better yet, who would want to miss the books he reads
with Scott Simon on NPR’s
Weekend Edition
Saturday?
JILL PINKWATER herself is the author of a
number of works of fiction for young people, including
Buffalo Brenda
and
Tails of the Bronx: A Tale of the
Bronx.
The Pinkwaters live in New York State’s
Hudson Valley, along with a variety of dogs and cats.
