Bruce is a bear - a blue one, and a grumpy one. His character is not overly sanitized - he is a bear, after all, and he does bearish things to the critters around him - but he's basically a decent fellow (for a bear), and it's this aspect of his personality that the author spins into a funny and charming story. Kids of all ages will find Bruce to be likeable (for a bear), and his basic decency is a something they might want to emulate.
I've read how some right-wing loons in Florida got bent out of shape over goslings following their mama "even when she is a he", but you really have to try hard to twist that into anything remotely offensive. (Happily, the book is a best-seller, and the added publicity should only help keep it so.)
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Meet Bruce.
Everyone's Favorite Grumpy Bear!
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"Higgins turns classic picture-book scenarios upside down, then wrings them for contemporary laughs." —The New York Times |
"Hats off to Ryan T. Higgins." —The Wall Street Journal |
* "Beautiful, clever, edgy, and very funny." —Kirkus (starred review) |
Discover More Mother Bruce Adventures by #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author-Illustrator Ryan T. Higgins
Ryan T. Higgins is the author and illustrator of the #1 New York Times best-selling We Don't Eat Our Classmates; 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!; Bruce's Big Move; and others. He lives in Maine with his wife and kids and a menagerie of pets.
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| About | Penelope is a T. rex, and she's very good at it. She also likes to rock out on guitar! With the school talent show coming up, Penelope can't wait to perform for her classmates. But sharing who you are can be show-stoppingly scary, especially when… | Norman is a porcupine. Mildred is a tree. Norman and Mildred are best friends. Just the two of them. But when a surprise pops up, life will never be the same again. | Long-suffering Bruce once again contends with an increasingly crowded household, this time in an original board book where young ones can count the never-ending party guests. Full of fun characters and humor, 1 Grumpy Bruce is just right for our... | Ruth the bunny is excited to share the smelly springtime smells of spring with Bruce! But what will Bruce think of all that stink? This pint-sized LITTLE BRUCE BOOK is perfect for fans of the Mother Bruce board books. | Tigers love flowers and apples and books . . . but it’s hard to love flowers and apples and books when there might be WORMS inside?! | Ryan T. Higgins's Bruce gets a whole new audience in this Level 1 reader. This brand new tale captures the humor of the Mother Bruce picturebook series while helping children transition from listening to books read aloud to reading a story... |
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Brilliant series
I read the BRUCE series ending with BE QUIET where the mice have successfully earned a book deal of their own. The series, of course, is written and illustrated in ways that I can’t adequately describe...instead, I wanted to mention a few lessons I took away from these stories, as an-always-learning picture book author and illustrator... Firstly, I was intrigued by the order of end pages, copyright and title page. It seems that there are no fixed rules for the sequence of these pages except that they draw one into the story...Secondly, I was struck by how well dialogue ran throughout the stories, and how well the ‘speaking boxes and bubbles’ worked with the flow of illustrations, masterfully taking the reader from action to action, holding the readers attention so well that there was never a moment I ran (or read) ahead...like taking small bites out of a desert to make it last longer...and finally (although there’s so much more meat here), was simply enjoying the humor and the fun details scattered (very precisely mind you) throughout giving me a very comprehensive love of Bruce’s grumpy nature, relishing the story through his perspective and eagerly predicting his surly (but deep down lovable) reaction to all the other characters...showing how important it is to create characters that are relatable and real...thanks Mr Higgins for more PB lessons learnt! #picturebooks #picturebooklessons #picturebooksaremypicturebookuniversity #lessonslearned
