Santa Bruce (Mother Bruce)

by Ryan T Higgins (Author) Ryan T Higgins (Illustrator)

Santa Bruce (Mother Bruce)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Mother Bruce
Grumpy and cold when his forest friends insist he stay awake to celebrate Christmas, Bruce the bear, wearing his long underwear and warm hat, is mistaken for Santa by the youngest forest creatures.
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Publishers Weekly

Bruce, a curmudgeonly blue bear, is no stranger to cases of mistaken identity, and he'd just as soon skip the holiday ("Bruce did not like fun./ Bruce did not like cheer."). But being a "mother" to a gaggle of geese and three mice--all bursting with Christmas cheer--means that hibernating isn't an option. When a raccoon mistakes the red-suited bear for Santa, his denial goes unheeded and word spreads fast. Soon, a menagerie of ecstatic woodland animals crowd Bruce's cabin, eager to sit in the lap of "Santa Bruce." Bruce's children don't help the situation: "Everyone, listen up! Single file! No pushing! Santa Bruce has time to see all of you!" Expressive artwork captures Bruce's gently cantankerous demeanor, along with his cast of adorable admirers, as the story continues to its logical conclusion. Thankfully, Bruce has yet to break character by so much as cracking a smile. Ages 3-5. (Sept.)

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PRAISE FOR MOTHER BRUCE

"Higgins turns classic picture-book scenarios upside down, then wrings them for contemporary laughs."—The New York Times
Ryan T Higgins
Ryan T. Higgins (ryanthiggins.com) is the author and illustrator of the New York Times best-selling Mother Bruce, which received the E. B. White Read-Aloud Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor; Hotel Bruce; BE QUIET!; and Bruce's Big Move. He lives in Maine with his wife and kids and lots of pets.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781484782903
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Publication date
September 04, 2018
Series
Mother Bruce
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV002030 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Bears
JUV017010 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Christmas & Advent
Library of Congress categories
Humorous stories
Bears
Forest animals
Christmas stories
Christmas
Attitude (Psychology)
Santa Claus

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