A Book for Honey Bear: Reading Keeps the Sighs Away

Audrey Wood. Little Simon, $7.99 (24pp) ISBN 978-0-689-84347-1

Originally issued in paperback last year as part of the ABA Prescription for Reading program, Audrey Wood's A Book for Honey Bear: Reading Keeps the Sighs Away is now available for sale in a paper-over-board edition. When a baby bear gets sick, the doctor prescribes a homespun remedy: ""Read a book to/ your sweet Honey,/ Twenty minutes every day,/ This will make her smart/ and happy,/ Plus it keeps the/ `sighs' away."" ( Nov.)

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