Benjamin Bear in Brain Storms! by Philippe Coudray

While I love all those very accurate quotes, I want to emphasize the quality of "imaginative kindness" and the way in which reading the very visual Benjamin Bear in Brain Storms!, Benjamin Bear in Fuzzy Thinking, or Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas! does genuinely inspire thinking. Readers are required to pay close attention to each panel, usually anywhere from 3 - 6 per page, in order to get the joke, some of which are mind benders. These books are great for emerging readers, but don't let that limit how you think of them. I have a set in my library and they see a lot of action with 4th and 5th graders at recess when students don't have a lot of time (or necessarily focus) to read a novel. Coudray's books are perfect for everyone!
Source: Review Copy