num_pages: 32
description: An overbearing older sibling can really be a bear but the child in this understated gently humorous story finds out that they can have their advantages too.I live with a bear the story's young narrator declares. The bear is loud messy uncouth and very strong (too strong!). For some reason his parents treat the bear like family despite his protests. Why can't they see? Then he runs into some bullies on the playground. When the bear ROOAARS with all her might and scares them away he realizes that there are advantages to having a bear in the family. In a delightful twist the narrator's older sister (the bear) appears telling him that she is NOT a bear. But if she is HE is too--because two bears are even better than one!
language: English
title: The Bear in My Family
publisher: Dial Books