Bug wants Bear to play but Bear doesn’t feel like it. Bug tries every trick to talk Bear into playing, but Bug only succeeds in making Bear angry.

“Chameleon gave
Bear an idea. She
would hide from
Bug! She leaned
against a tree,
thinking brown
thoughts. But Bear
didn’t blend into
the bark as well
as she’d hoped…
and along came Bug,
who spotted her
right away.
‘Hide and seek!’ said Bug. ‘Is that what we’re playing?’”

Bear uses things he sees around him to try to find ways to escape Bug and that’s interesting. I also like how the author and illustrator move the text on the page to replicate Bug’s ways of speaking. ( )

pleasant friendship book ( )