Bella and Bean – Children’s Book Review

Bella and Bean
Written by Rebecca Dotlich
Illustrated by Aileen Leijten
Athenium (February 10, 2009)
Ages 4-8

In this sweet and charmingly illustrated story, Bella and Bean are two mice who are best friends. The day dawns and Bella is ready to spend it sitting at her small desk doing what she loves best writing poetry. Bean, however, has other plans. She wants to go for a walk, exult in the outdoors.

All through the day Bean pokes her head through the window of Bellas little brick house and tries to get Bellas attention by pointing out her new hat, showing off her cute toes, and telling Bella that if she wants to think about poetry and words she should think of the word Bean. Bean is incredibly cute and I couldnt help but want to scamper off to play with her but Bella wont be moved from her poetry, and is quite grumpy about Beans interruptions.

When the day is at an end and the stars come out to play, the two best friends come together and are able to exult in the beauty of the evening while putting together some of the sweetest friendship poems Ive ever read in a childrens book.

My friend is a star,
My friend is a rose,
My best friend Bean
Has the cutest toes.

Bella and Bean is heartwarming, a pleasure to read aloud. Beans antics made me smile, and I enjoyed seeing how Bella created her beautiful poems. I think this story could be very encouraging for young ones when it comes to writing and poetry it makes you see the fun side. For instance, Bella came up with a poem about the moon by writing down words that reminded her of the moon, white, round, silver, and bright then the poem sort of flowed from there.

Recommended for ages 4-8, Bella and Bean is a childrens book that is a delight for parents as well as children.

Thanks to BookLoons, I was able to receive this book to review. This review has also been published here at BookLoons.

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