if you read only ONE bear-related picture book this year

beginning reader

All of your problems will surely be blown away by the icy winds of that lawless paradise

can Max take on his destiny

by acclaimed Cherokee writer Andrea Rogers

Old Blue Is My Home: A Picture Book Andrea Zanin if you read only ONEThis poignant yet reassuring picture book follows a family and the van that provides them with safety, warmth, and togetherness amidst economic and housing insecurity An old blue van may not look like much, but it holds everything this family needsshelter, a place to sleep, and each other. They can cook outdoors and sleep under the stars, but sometimes living in Old Blue makes our narrator feel like shes from everywhere and nowhere all at once. When