Picture Book: Three Bears in a Boat

Title: Three Bears in a Boat 

Author: David Soman

Illustrator: David Soman

Publisher: The Penguin Group, 2014

ISBN: 978-0-8037-3993-2

Summary:  Three Bears in a Boat is the story of Theo, Charlie, and Dash, three bear children who live on an island. The three are playing in their house, when they accidentally break their mother's favorite blue shell.  Not knowing what else to do, the three bears set sail in their sailboat to look for a new blue shell for their mother to replace the one they broke before she got home. They asked a bunch of other sailing bears if they knew where to get a blue shell, and none of them did. Then, the met an old, wise bear sailor who told them they had to go a long way to an islands shaped like a lumpy hat. He said that they would know where to look to find the blue shell The three bears set sail for the island, traveling quite far from home. Once the found the island, they explored all of it, but did not find the blue shell. On the way home, the three sibling bears began to argue, and as this happened, a storm came rolling over the sea. The bears got scared, apologized to one another, and gave each other big hugs. Then, the storm passed and the sea was calm. When the reached their home island, sitting on the edge was a nice blue shell.

Evaluation: I really enjoyed this picture book. It had a lot of good elements in it. Fist of all, the illustrations were awesome. They were colorful and detailed and kept my attention. The storyline also kept me interested. The story was a bit suspenseful, which would keep children engaged. There was not too much text on each page, and the text was easy to read. I think that this book is something that children with siblings can easily relate to. The bears go through arguing with one another, and then come back together in order to get home safely. They learn about working as a team and that telling the truth is important. 

Rating: I would give this picture book 5/5 stars.