Little Bear lives all alone on a desert island. He wishes he had something to play with. Then a stick comes floating by, followed by a bottle and then a wooden horse. The two play together and have a wonderful time. Then lots more things come floating by and Little Bear decides he needs them all. Soon the tiny island is heaped with objects and the wooden horse gets pushed off into the sea. Meanwhile Little Bear has found what he has been looking for from the beginning, a cup. "Watch me!" he cries as he pours water out of the bottle into his new cup. But there is no one there. Little Bear is very upset: what he really needs, he realizes, isn't a cup, it's his friend. Little Bear throws all the objects back into the sea and sits down and cries. But then, happily, the wooden horse is washed back onto the sand and the two friends, reunited, dance for joy.

 

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 2003 by Walker Books Ltd .

Harry Horse was born in Coventry. He wrote and illustrated several children's books - including THE OGOPOGO, which won the Scottish Arts Council Writers' Award. He was well-known as a political cartoonist and produced cartoons for the New Yorker , The Guardian , Scotland on Sunday and The Scotsman . Harry died in 2007.