A really cute story. The perfect bedtime read. The illustrations were colourful and eye-catching. Really enjoyed this one and would highly recommend it.

This is an adorable story about a little girl who loves to read and go on adventures with her animal friends. I think most of us remember reading to our stuffed animals growing up and this beautifully illustrated picture book will make you reminiscent of your childhood.

This cute little story is about Julia and her animal friends and her love of reading.

She plays with Scotty the squirrel, Abigail the groundhog, and Frieda the skunk.

But that is not enough for her, Julia wants to meet a bear.
She leaves food out to entice him but that does not work.
Undaunted she tries other things but still no bear.

I won't spoil the story so to find out if she does find the bear, one will have to read the book.

The illustrations were bright and lovely, the story was quick and cute.

The ending was also sweet.

I recommend this book to children and anyone who wants a light hearted cute book about children and books and animal pals.

3.75 *****


My thanks to Netgalley, the author and publisher for the complimentary e arc in exchange for an honest review.

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This was a cute story. I liked the illustrations. Although, it's not a good idea for a girl to lure a bear. LOL

How to Catch a Bear Who Loves to Read is an adorable story where both reading and humor shine. Especially for readers who enjoy other books where bears feature in a comedic way (Who Ate My Sandwich? or The Bear, The Mouse, and the Ripe Red Strawberry both come to mind), a great romp of a how-to manual.

My children thought it had its funny moments - anything with the word “fart” is funny. I didn’t love the story, it was sort of long-winded and I found parts hard to follow.

I really enjoyed this cute book about the love of reading. Julia lives in the forest and she wants to meet a bear. With the help of her forest friends (a skunk, a squirrel and a groundhog), she finally finds one, but they have a lot of fun and adventure prior to this. There is a farting contest, snacks of honey, blueberry picking, a stolen or missing book and following a trail of blue footprints until they find a little house in a tree, where the bear lives. She discovers that he loves to read and took her book because he found it abandoned. They share the story, hug it out and promise to read together again.

Julia, is determined and resourceful child, who loves living in the forest with her animal friends as well as loving to read. I loved the bear, who snuck into town and scavenged for books and that people in the town left them for him after they had read them. As a child, I loved to read and often read to my stuffed animals and dolls and that was what I was thinking of as I read this story. The illustrations are fun. They are colourful and vibrant, showing emotions on the faces of Julia and her animal friends. This is a cute, humorous, and enjoyable book that will hopefully inspire kids to read. A great book for a read aloud or independent reading in primary classrooms. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book upon request. The rating, ideas and opinions shared are my own.

How to Catch a Bear Who Loves to Read is a very cute and colorful story. I loved the nature setting. My kids too enjoyed reading it,

No. No, no, no, no, no. Who thought this was a good idea? Honestly... This came out of a Canadian publisher, no less. I can't believe it.

Look, I'm fine with books about anthropomorphized bears. What I'm not okay with are books that show a realistic little girl living in a house in the woods trying to lure a bear with "bear snacks" (not little girls, in case you were wondering) so she can ride it like a raft down the river and give it hugs. Whoever thought this book was a good idea needs to be sat down and forced to watch Backcountry. Or told the story of Valérie Théorêt and her 10-month-old baby who were recently killed by a grizzly bear. Bears are not cute and cuddly creatures to be played with like pets. The line between fantasy and reality is way too blurred here (especially when the girl is trying to lure the bear with honey and blueberries).

Sorry, but I can't recommend this one at all. Even the farting skunk isn't enough to save this book.

Very much enjoyed! The story keeps children engaged and they enjoy the sound effects. Illustrations are lovely. And who wouldn’t love a reading bear?

Cute story for a read aloud in K-2nd grade classrooms. It has nice themes of friendship and problem solving. The book features great vocabulary as well. The nature setting and the personalities of the assorted characters are enjoyable, but something in the humanization of the animals felt just a little bit off. The illustrations are vivid and will be a hit with young readers.

Wonderful descriptions, lovely scenery depiction throughout the book, and a great story from start to finish. A girl set out with a goal and ended up accomplishing it, and more! She wanted to meet a bear and discovered that she had more in common with the bear than she expected to! They enjoyed reading.
I enjoyed the descriptions of the tall tree and the house full of shelves and shelves of books.. it was great!

This is a beautiful story about making new friends and read lovely stories together. I loved the pictures along with the story.

How to Catch a Bear Who Loves to Read by Andrew Katz is a delightful story of a little girl named Julia who with the help of her forest friends, skunk, groundhog and squirrel decides to find a bear just to give him a hug.

Inspired by the book she is reading she tries different things to make the bear come to her. Children will have to read this book to find out if Julia was successful in her quest.

I loved beautifully painted animals which complemented the story perfectly. It shows that forest animals are not to be feared but cherished. This sweet and heartfelt story which will encourage children to dream of unusual friendships and love their fellow creatures.

I especially liked how bear goes around looking for books to read and how both him and the girl share a passion for well told stories.

A little girl who loves the woods, books, and animals? Yes please!

This was a super cute story about a little girl who wants nothing so much as to give a bear a hug. She has woodland animals friends that she can play with, but she just REALLY wants to meet that bear! She decides to try to catch one using whatever means she can think of, with little success. Then one day, she leaves her precious book in the forest...

I loved the bright cheerfulness of the illustrations in this book. They really made the woods come alive in the best possible way, and will hopefully encourage more children to think of the woods as happy, welcoming places, not a place to be feared.

Best line: "But she couldn't leave without her book..." And every booklover ever can relate.

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This book would appeal to a variety of young readers . The author is familiar with his young audience and was able to show this through his characters and setting . All children love animals and to connect a bear to reading will certainty make young readers like this book.

Book-loving Julia has good friends among the forest animals near her home, but more than anything else she wants to catch a bear. After reading a book about what bears like, she attempts to catch one by putting out honey, followed by blueberries. When she finds the blueberries knocked over and her book missing, she follows some blueberry-coloured paw prints to the bear's treetop house and discovers that he's as much of a bookworm as she is!

The bright, cheerful illustrations show an stunning (presumably Canadian) landscape, full of mountains, trees and streams - a nature lover's paradise. I have no doubt that any child reading this book (and probably many adults too) will love the sight of bear's treetop home as well as his well-stocked library.

The text could have left more of the description to the illustrator or to the reader's imagination and I expected Julia to make more than just two attempts to entice the bear. However, all in all this was a lovely story about a girl and a bear who both love to read.

Who doesn't want to meet a bear to have picnics with or give bear hugs to? But how do you go about finding one? That is the problem that Julia is having. Until she leaves the book she's been reading next to a basket of blueberries. When she comes back to get her book it's gone! And there are some strange prints nearby, but whose could they be? My daughter immediately wanted me to reread this one!

Very interesting book. Lovely colourful vivid illustrations. It is about a little girl who wants to meet a bear. What do they share - Love for reading books

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the eARC

How to Catch a Bear Who Loves to Read by Andrew Katz and Juliana Leveille-Trudel is a cute story about a little girl named Julia who has lots of friends, but she really would love to meet a bear! One that is cuddly and loves to play, one that she could float down the stream with on a sunny day. One who loves to read!?


With lovely illustrations and a playful storyline, this book is sure to please both children and adults alike - parents may not appreciate the farting contest, but I'm sure it will tickle the imagination of a child reader.