Big Brown Bear's Up and Down Day
By David McPhail
(Harcourt Children's Books, Hardcover, 9780152164072, 48pp.)
Publication Date: August 2003
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback
Categories: Animals - Bears, Animals - Mice Hamsters Guinea Pigs etc., Social Issues - Friendship
![]() |
Bear is big and bear is brown and bear lives all alone. But then one day someone comes along who gives him a few tips about the ups and downs of having a friend.
With warmth and a gentle wit, David McPhail brings together two unlikely chums (along with some oatmeal, a windup car, and two very comfy slippers).
DAVID McPHAIL is the creator of dozens of wonderful books, including Sisters; Mole Music, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year; and several recent Green Light Readers books for Harcourt. Mr. McPhail lives in New Hampshire.












