A Bedtime for Bear (Bear and Mouse)

Dentons ink and watercolor illustrations ably express the dry humor of Beckers dialogue and personifications, which make this a bedtime standout. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Bear must have absolute quiet when he goes to bed. But the effervescent Mouse, small and gray and bright-eyed, finds it terribly hard to be as quiet as a . . . well, you know. With masterfully paced slapstick humor, droll repartee, and comic visual details, the curmudgeonly Bear and his irrepressible friend Mouse return in another wry adventure.