Thanks to Netgalley, Clavis Publishing and Judith Koppens for the opportunity to read and review this cute book!!

The inside cover art has ice cream cones in it so my 22 month old child will be sold just on that alone! Little Bear wants to grow and asks each family member what he can do to grow up faster. Little Bear figures out that all these things (eating ice cream, riding a bike) will not help him grow more than he already is naturally.

I love this story and the illustrations are beautiful. My only complaint is that it was too short (although I doubt my child will care!) I would have liked to have seen a little more complexity in the situations, but that is just my own personal opinion.

A simple but cute story about growing up and love. My toddler enjoyed it.
Thank you netgalley for the opportunity to read this cue book to him.

Adorable book with beautiful illustrations. My son is 2 and asked me to read it three times in a row !! Short, sweet and to the point, I would easily add this as one of our favourites to read together.

This was adorable!
The pictures are really cute and Little Bear gets some interesting ideas on what makes someone taller.
I really liked Neighbor Bear's idea on how to grow, and will be doing further research on this.
Thank you NetGalley and Clavis Publishing for this DRC.

I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own - and well - my four year old daughters.

Having recently read and reviewed a couple of other childrens books with my daughter, I knew that when more books become available my daughter would enjoy reading it.

Little Bear Wants To Grow is a story about well, a little bear, who is eager to grow up. He receives advice from different family members about things he could do which will help him to grow faster. These advice includes eating lots of ice-cream, drinking lots of lemonade and even riding his bike. In the end, his parents offer the best advice.

This is a sweet story with a great lesson to be learnt - everything happens in time. The pictures are colourful and the story is easy to follow. The author, Judith Koppens, was able to keep my four year old daughter interested.

Thank you to netgalley for allowing me to read and review this book. The story is about a little bear who wants to grow up. It depicts the things that little bear does in order to grow bigger. It's always difficult to review a children's book without giving away too much of the story. The illustrations are beautiful!

I do reviews of children's books a little different than most. My seven-year-old son and I review them together. We read the book and he tells me his thoughts and then we discuss what we liked or didn't like. Here are our thoughts for this title.

My son's thoughts:

I liked the pictures, they were very bright and colorful. He played along saying yes or no to things that make you grow.

My thoughts:

I agree with my son, I really enjoyed how bright the pictures were and how funny some of them were. The drinking lemonade and having to go to the bathroom a lot was a little funny. I liked the message behind the story. Kids are always trying to grow up faster but they eventually learn that they grow every day and being a kid is something that you should enjoy.

My grandson would like this book. I tell him he needs milk and broccoli to grow, but little bear is told what is needed, is ice cream and lemonade. Well anyway it didn’t work for little bear.

Little Bear doesn't know how to be patient; he wants to be a big bear right now! After heeding the advice of friends and family, Little Bear looks crestfallen as he is a still-small cub. He returns to his parents, and they reassure him that he will “grow a little but every day and he probably won’t even notice that he’s getting bigger.

This sweet and simple story closes with mama, daddy and little bear in a warm group hug. I wish the story progressed to show the little cub in the future all grown as a Big bear, but this as not the author’s purpose.

The pastel-hued illustrations are warm and appealing. I predict the favorite illustration that will illicit chuckles is the sight of Little Bear on the potty after many glasses of lemonade.. (Picture book. 2-4)

Little Bear wants to grow up so he asks for help from family and neighbors.

My 5yr old really liked this book. The pictures are great. Her favorite parts were the ice cream and lemonade.

This was an adorable read. I can definitely see myself giving this as a first birthday gift to someone's little one. Beautifully illustrated and very calming to read. A good bedtime book for anxious ones.

A very cute book with lovely illustrations of a little bear who wants to grow. I'm sure my 4 yr old grandson will love to share this book with me. He loves to paint when at nursery, loves to cycle and does eat plenty of ice cream.

My thanks to Netgalley and the Publishers for my copy.

Little Bear Wants to Grow is such a sweet, entertaining book for young children. It was perfect for my 3 year old and even my 5 year old was interested in the story. Both kids thought it was hilarious when Little Bear drank too much lemonade and had to sit on the potty. Little Bear engaged in various activities that young children also do, so it is very easy for them to relate to this fun story about wanting to grow up too soon. I definitely recommend this book for toddlers and preschool/kindergarten age children to enjoy with their parents.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Clavis Publishing through NetGalley and was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine.

Ahhhh! so cute! I little Bear wants to grow up in a hurry. He gets lots of suggestions from grown ups around him, but it isn't making him grow! It's a pretty funny story; Little Bear does lots of silly stuff Littles will relate, too, and it will make them laugh! Super cute illustrations!

Thank you #netgalley for allowing me to review this book! I found this story to be very cute. It’s the classic story about a child who wants to grow up, this little bear wants to grow and seeks advice from each of his family members to help him. Finally his parents give him cuddles and tell him he grows a little bit each and everyday. He doesn’t need to eat ice cream, drink lemonade, paint, or ride his bike to grow! Lovely story and the colours of the pictures are beautifully done. Great cute story overall.

Little Bear is so cute wanting to grow faster by eating ice cream, painting... but all he needs is a big hug every day. The illustrations are nice.
Thank you Netgalley for this nice book.

Little Bear wants to grow. He asks his friends and family to help with ideas on how he can grow. He does each of their suggestions, but to no avail, he does not grow. Maybe mama bear and papa bear can help.

This is an endearing little book that reminds us that though we want to grow up briskly we should also enjoy little things that make us happy or try new activities along the way while enjoying the time we are currently in. This story will be perfect for children that want to grow up and be an adult already because will teach them to not be in a hurry to grow up.

This little guy is so impatient to grow up, he is clueless about how this really works, he seeks the answer from all those around him, still, he finds it's taking too long. But thanks to the wisdom of his Mummy and daddy he believed he has found the answer A quirky amusing bedtime read, cute and adorable,

Super cute book! Sounds just like a question that my neice would ask and teaches kids a good life lesson with fun illustrations! Would definitely recommend as a book to have in your collection.

Little Bear Wants to Grow is self explanatory. This little bear simply wants to grow up. So he asks all his relatives how he can grow and they all give various suggestions but none work. In the end, mom and dad encourage him to be patient and to let his body grow as it sees fit, basically, naturally.

The artwork is absolutely adorable! I was drawn to it immediately. I have a few problems with the book, however. First of all, they don't go deep when there are many areas that present themselves. Now I know with a kids book you don't want to go too deep but a good book like this one allows for open conversation. This one does allow for it but with a lot of prompting from an adult to see what a child would miss. Examples:

1- they do no say why little bear wants to grow. Does he want to grow up to be (insert dream job)? Does he want to grow up because everyone else is so big? They really missed out on a big opportunity in my opinion.

2- the suggestions they offer, while they're obviously meant to be cute and funny and completely ridiculous, just makes the whole book end up seeming pointless when there's (a) no reason why he wants to grow up and now (b) no real suggestions of how we truly do grow up (physically, mentally, through perseverance, etc). They have grandma tell little bear he'll grow up if he drinks lemonade, someone else says from painting and another says from eating ice cream (and the thing is, even with the ice cream you CAN grow..not up, but out.)

In my opinion this is a cute book, great art, its meant to obviously be silly but it could've been both silly and educational. It still can be but with a lot more effort.