Who's Been Eating My Porridge?

Once children know a traditional tale, they love the story to be retold with a twist. Here we have a family of bears who live peacefully in the woods, but without visits from You-Know-Who. Little Bear hates porridge, whether plain, with honey, or even with honey and berries. So, each day, Mummy and Daddy Bear put his helping outside for Old Scary Bear to eat. Little Bear doesn't quite believe in Old Scary Bear, but as the days go by, he gets worried, and wonders who is gobbling up his porridge. The solution is beautifully handled, with the young reader being given just the right number of picture clues to make a correct prediction. The gentle, pastel illustrations are expressive, and help build up the tension.