A Comfy, Cozy Thanksgiving

Kiki Thorpe. Simon Spotlight, $5.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-689-85012-7

Bear in the Big Blue House fans can celebrate with the burly fellow in A Comfy, Cozy Thanksgiving by Kiki Thorpe, illus. by Tom Brannon. Photo stills of the Jim Henson characters appear against Brannon's painted interiors as the friends prepare the meal. When Treelo feels like he's in the way, he ventures out to see how a squirrel and others protect against the cold, before returning to the warmth of Bear's home.

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