Review: A fun book with a couple of lessons that children will learn and enjoy
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2014
Children are often rather finicky about food, insisting on eating only certain foods and arguing that they strongly dislike other foods. Barry Eden addresses this problem in an indirect, clever, and funny way with a cuddly bear that children will be able to identify with and learn from his behavior. They will also enjoy the well-drawn humorous pictures.Mama and papa have healthy and tasty foods every day, but Bowie only wants to eat honey. His parents are concerned for his health but they let him eat the honey. But then there was a honey draught; no honey could be found. Bowie leaves home in search of honey, refusing at first to eat anything else. He is accompanied by his friend an owl. He meets different animals who eat strange things, and is appalled. But he also meets some very friendly animals when he is extremely hungry and he learns about good food. He also meets some bear cubs who are in search of honey just as he finds some and learns something else from the encounter.