The Night Bear

PreS-Gr 1–How do you recycle a nightmare? Feed it to the Night Bear, of course! The Night Bear loves to eat nightmares, and this gentle, silly narrative explains how he roams cozy neighborhoods each night looking for take-out boxes packed with nightmarish delight. To him, “Monsters with hideous eyes/taste like burgers and fries.” But when he accidentally bites into a sweet rainbow and unicorn dream, he trades it for a little boy’s bad dream about spiders and a snake, which to the Night Bear tastes “like chocolate cake.” Bold and lively illustrations set on a midnight blue background shift between single pages and spreads and clever vignettes in rounded rectangles. Front endpapers offer instructions for making a take-out box for Night Bear pick-up, and final endpapers detail the Night Bear’s silly rhymes with his favorite nightmarish snacks.