When You're Scared

Thank you NetGalley for an advanced reader copy!

A beautifully illustrated children's book with vibrant colors shared a camping story about a boy and his mom and a bear and its cub. The boy and mom encounter the bear and cub and are scared.
This short story shows what happens when animals need our help.

A wonderful story to share with kids!

Oh, so, sweet! I loved this mostly wordless story! A mom and her son go camping and are scared by an encounter with a mother bear and her child. Both sets of parent/children are frightened until little bear falls into a trash dumpster! Then it's human mom and her son to the rescue! I lived the illustrations. Lovely!

Thanks to Owlkids Books and NetGalley for making an advance copy of this title available in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.

What a wonderful book! I grinned from cover to cover as the parallel problems of bear and human connected. This multi-species mother and child tale is sure to please anyone who has every been outside their comfort zone and anyone who's ever wanted to come up with creative solutions to their own or other's problems. A delight!

This simple, colorful book will surely please young children and parents with its vibrancy. This is very much a picture book with a limited number of words, which allows parents and children to have open conversations about what is happening in the pages.

This was a very sweet story. The book is primarily illustrations, which are beautifully done. It is a compassionate story about worry, the human connection with animals and how we all have feelings. Although the book doesn't have a lot of words, it allows for discussion while reading it which is great for a book about worries. Our kids really enjoyed this one and especially loved the ending. Thank you to NetGalley and Owlkids books for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

Amazing pictures I really enjoy books that use illustrations to help tell the story. We are also seeing an increase in patrons requesting books of this type for their young children. It let them become more involved in the story and a part of the imagination that can be used when reading it.

My boys (3 & 8) really enjoyed this book. We read an advanced copy tonight before bed. I liked that the first few pages didn’t have any words so we talked about what we observed on each page. Then as we progressed the pages did have words but it was fun to discuss the book as we went along. The illustrations were simple but also thoughtful. You see the mother and her son and the bear cub and it’s mama overcome their fear. It also touches on perspective as the mama bear l was trying to help her cub escape but the young boy seemed to feel that the mama bear might be ready to attack him. Thoughtful and enjoyable. A good bedtime book. https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/154698

A great book to use to explore emotions with young children. A boy and his mother go camping and the boy is scared of jumping into the water and a little bear cub is scared to dive into the dumpster. When the mama bear and cub need help, the boy and his mother put aside their fear to help out.

Beautiful illustrations complement the text allowing for this mainly wordless picture book to build narrative skills and vocabulary through each retelling.

When You're Scared by Andrée Poulin is a story about a young boy overcoming his fears while out with his mother on a camping trip. As a single parent, I love the image presented of a boy and his mother doing outdoor activities. 

The illustrations by Veronique Joffre are simple, yet eye-catching. Holding the reader's attention throughout. The text is basic, therefore the illustrations really do drive the majority of the story. 

This story is a perfect add on for lessons about overcoming fears.

A boy and his mother are camping in the woods. When the boy goes to throw their trash away he runs into a mother bear. The two humans are pretty scared but so is the mother bear and her cub. Can anything be done to help?

The words in this are sparse and to the point, but they don’t need to be anything more than that. The amazing illustrations and the actions of the characters in them speak loud enough to convey the heart of this story of kindness (done wisely) triumphing over fear. There aren’t a whole lot of camping books out there for kids and it is such a memorable experience for a child. I’m sure this story will remind many readers of their own nostalgic camping experiences or make others long to experience it. It’s also a great read for the example of wise kindness (the mother is quite smart about how to help the bears in a way that doesn’t put herself or her son in unnecessary danger…of course the wisest course of action would be to alert rangers but that doesn’t come up as an option). Definitely recommended.

I received an ARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book deserves 5 stars for the artwork alone. The vividly colorful pages tell the story with the aid of only a few words. This tale of empathy and cause and effect is recommended for one on one sharing, where readers can make inferences and discuss what they would have done in that situation.

This book is a visual delight, especially for those who enjoy camping and the outdoors! It is a book of very few words, The story, is told mostly in pictures, detailed, colorful cut-out style illustrations. A boy arrives at a campground with his family, at the same time as a young bear cub and his mother. The boy and the cub each encounter scary situations, but eventually things work out. This is a book to be "read" over and over again. Something new will be discovered each time.

Thank you to Owlkids (Owlkids Books) and NetGalley for providing me with a e-ARC to read and review.

I really liked this story. It was super cute and very engaging. This is a good book to help child reader make inferences from pictures. There are very little words so the reader must rely on actions to discern the story. I loved the illustrations. They were just so colorful and quaint. It must have been a fun challenge for the illustrator to interpret the authors story.

Beautiful illustrations with very simple narrative. I enjoyed reading this story with my four year old as we looked at each page and pointed out what was going on. A boy is scared, but his mother helps him overcome a fear. A baby bear is scared and trapped. The mother and son work together and carefully (and safely) help the baby bear escape.

Almost a wordless picture book. The words are the same, basically. The illustrations (gorgeous, by the way!) add meaning to the story and actually tell the story of the boy and the bear who are afraid. It's a great story to talk about fear with children.

When you're scared, is a children's book written by Andree Poulin and illustrated by Veronique Joffre.

The book blurb: What will they do when they're scared?
A boy and a mom go camping on a beautiful day.
A bear cub and his mama are not too far away.
When they meet unexpectedly, all four are afraid.
But the bears need help!
Created with bold, colorful illustrations and simple variations on a single phrase, this sweet story encourages acting with courage and compassion - even when you're scared.

This book has a few words and beautiful and easy to follow pictures. It is perfect for 3-5 year old kids. The art in this book is bright, bold and beautiful. It is a must buy. This is a book that makes your kids to think and teaches them to be compassionate. When you are scared, it does not mean you do not act, you act in spite of being scared.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Beautiful illustrations and easy to follow storyline. Good for young children who love animals.