My mom heard about this book from a co-worker, and she suggested that I read this to my nephew. He does like his superhero, action/adventure, transformers books, but he also likes gentle stories like A Visitor for Bear. He appreciated Bear's desire to not have visitors (sometimes the boy is a little on the anti-social side), but then he appreciated Bear's realization that sometimes having others around can be kind of cool. Nice pre-schooler/kindergartner fare; subtle pictures, straightforward story, really expressive and varied vocabulary!
