Larry is a lifeguard at a hotel. He is also a polar bear! His human friend Martin, the hotel's owner, has to collect Larry from the police station because Larry has been caught playing the bongos at night in the park. With his secret "beatnik" life revealed, Larry introduces Martin and his family to the concept of "cool", the Cafe Mama Bear, and all his beatnik bear friends. Then in comes Big Bear, the coolest polar bear of all, and, to everyone's delight, chooses Larry and his bongos to accompany him singing his blueberry blues. The winning team of Daniel and Jill Pinkwater have created another wacky, technicolour Larry story for children everywhere to enjoy.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2006 by Benchmark Books .

Daniel Pinkwater is the author of several bestselling children's books as well as a popular commentator on National Public Radio. He writes regular reviews on Contentville. com. Daniel lives in Hyde Park, New York. Daniel Pinkwater lives with his wife, the illustrator and novelist Jill Pinkwater, and several dogs and cats in a very old farmhouse in New York's Hudson River Valley.