Daniel Pinkwater Bad Bear Detectives; Illustrated by Jill Pinkwater. 30pp/ Houghton Mifflin Company 2006 ISBN 13:978-0618-43125-0 $16.00 (Intermediate)
Daniel Pinkwater takes readers on a journey with Polar Bears in the fictional story, Bad Bear Detectives. The magnificent and descriptive artwork, created with felt tip marker and ink on a bristol board is arguably the highlight of the book. The descriptive artwork can also be found in The Big Hibernation and The Maltese Muffin, also written by Pinkwater. Pinkwater uses a foreshadowing approach to his writing when he begins with what should be the end. The reader than follows the Polar Bears throughout town on a mission to find the stolen blueberry muffins. Pinkwater uses little descriptive words throughout the story and tends to repeat same lines between both the characters. The story line is rather bland and readers will find it difficult to continue reading.
Crystal Abney, BGSU student
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