Young children will be fascinated with the details on some of the pages that tell as much as the text about what the bears encounter. Literary elements at work in the story: Although only 32 pages, this is a fully formed adventure story. Their quest across the sea brings some physical challenges and danger and conflict with each other until they find that home – and forgiveness – is where they find what they need. In asking various people they meet on the open seas if they know where to find a blue shell, one gruff sailor tells them they will find one if they ‘just look in the right place’. Hoping to replace the shell with a lookalike before their mother finds out the first one is broken, they set off in their boat on a search for a similar shell. Summary: Three sibling bears break their mother’s favorite blue shell as they try to sneak a jar of honey off of the mantle.
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