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EYE SUPPLEMENT Picture book reviews: Learning life skills

Meg Barclay, education consultant and early years reviewer for the School Library Association, reviews books which help children learn some of the key skills they will need later in life

By Jane Hissey

Templar Books 

February 2024, pp30, £7.99

978-1800788688 

Reading age: 1-6 years

A repeat publication first released in 1987, readers will love to join Little Bear on his hunt to find his lost trousers. Little Bear asks each toy he lives with if they have seen his trousers. They have indeed, but all have used them in different ways, not realising they were his, before passing them on to the next toy! All ends well with a celebration of Trouser Day with cake and the found, freshly washed trousers
for Little Bear. 

With themes of team work and resilience, this classic tale is a lovely resource for young children to learn from. The text is clear and accessible which will help to build vocabulary. 

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