Big Bear Fair

Reviewed By Jack Magnus for Readers’ Favorite – 5 Stars

Big Bear Fair is a children’s educational picture book written by Grandma Krazy a.k.a. Kathy Blomquist. His mom is fairly involved in whatever she’s reading on her laptop, but her son is growing increasingly astonished by the appearance of a seemingly endless number of bears outside their window. One bear is on a trapeze, while another is just sitting there enjoying the sunshine. There’s even a bear named Javier, who has a horse carrying dinnerware, and another one is sitting at a picnic table and playing solitaire. What’s going on? Where did all these bears come from and why are they out there? After a while, even his mother is confused by the oddly spectacular appearance of all those bears. Maybe it’s something good? They’ll have to go out and discover for themselves just what is going on.

Reviewed By Samantha Coville for Readers’ Favorite – 5 Stars

Big Bear Fair by Grandma Krazy features a little boy looking out of a window. What does he find? All sorts of crazy bear antics! There are bears playing card games, bears selling goods, bears purchasing tuxedos, and even a bear named Javier. While our main character points out all these strange bears outside the window, the mother works away on her laptop, brushing off her son’s exclamations. In the end, however, she finally takes notice and beholds: a bear fair is in town!

Reviewed By Bruce Arrington for Readers’ Favorite – 5 Stars

Big Bear Fair, by Grandma Krazy/Kathy Blomquist, is a 32-page children’s book for kids from 4 to 8. A boy sees fantastic and strange things in his own backyard–various colored bears. They come out of nowhere, setting up what seems to be a sort of carnival. Some are by themselves while others are not, but all bewilder the boy, who is worried and tells his mother what he sees. The author uses rhymes throughout the story, helping to bring fresh meanings to the tale. Meanwhile, the mom is busy being an adult, paying no attention to the boy’s worries as she is hard at work on her laptop. Eventually, she starts paying attention and sees what he does but by now the boy isn’t so worried–in fact, he enjoys the sight: a bear fair!

Reviewed By Amy Raines for Readers’ Favorite – 5 Stars

Big Bear Fair by Grandma Krazy/Kathy Blomquist is a short story about a young boy watching bears of all shapes, sizes, and colors doing several things that are out of the ordinary. His mother seems to be uninterested and indifferent as he runs through the explanation of what each bear is doing or wearing until he points out that it is not one bear but many. What were all those bears doing that got the young boy’s attention? What will his mom do when she realizes that he is actually telling her what he sees? Will she be as intrigued and excited as the boy is?

Reviewed By Leiann Lynn Rose Spontaneo for Readers’ Favorite – 5 Stars

In Big Bear Fair by Grandma Krazy/Kathy Blomquist, the author supports the Wide Reading Program to expose children to unusual words to build their vocabulary and reading comprehension. Such words used range from the name Javier to the card name Solitaire. The book illustrates a woman sitting at her laptop while her son attempts to get her attention. He tells her over and over what he sees outside. However, she is deep in thought at her laptop and does not pay attention. He sees bear after bear outside the window. The little boy then asks his mother for an explanation of why those bears are out there, which finally gets her attention. Joining her son at the window, she exclaims that there seems to be no reason to despair and that the whole time she had been unaware of a Bear Fair. The book closes by asking what we would do if we had a Bear Fair near.