So what’s the moral of the story?
(A) Most bears have heads.
(B) Male honeybees don’t have stingers.
(C) Make sure to eat a good breakfast.
(D) A tomato sandwich weighs more than a peanut butter–and-jelly sandwich.
I don’t know, either. But I always pick C.
About the Author
Doreen Cronin is the author of the Chicken Squad series as well as many bestselling books, including Click, Clack, Quack to School!; Click, Clack, Moo I Love You!; the Caldecott Honor Book Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type; and Cyclone. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at DoreenCronin.com.
Stephen Gilpin lives and draws pictures for brilliant children in a cave just north of Hiawatha, Kansas, with his wife, Angie; their kids; and an infestation of dogs. Visit him at sgilpin.com.
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A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Simon & Schuster, New York
Also by Doreen Cronin
Bloom
Bounce
The Chicken Squad #1: The First Misadventure
The Chicken Squad #2: The Case of the Weird Blue Chicken
The Chicken Squad #3: Into the Wild
The Chicken Squad #4: Dark Shadows
The Chicken Squad #5: Gimme Shelter
Click, Clack, Boo!
Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho!
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
Click, Clack, Peep!
Click, Clack, Quack to School!
Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack
Click, Clack, Splish, Splash
Click, Clack, Surprise!
Cyclone
Dooby Dooby Moo
Duck for President
M.O.M. (Mom Operating Manual)
Stretch
Thump, Quack, Moo
Wiggle
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Cronin, Doreen, author. | Gilpin, Stephen, illustrator.
Title: Bear country / Doreen Cronin ; illustrated by Stephen Gilpin.
Description: First edition. | New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2018] | Series: Chicken Squad | “A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book.” | Summary: The Chicken Squad is on the case when their beloved human, Barbara, goes missing around the same time they hear a report of a headless bear on the loose.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017030576| ISBN 9781534405745 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534405769 (eBook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Chickens—Fiction. | Missing persons—Fiction. | Humorous stories. | Mystery and detective stories.
Classification: LCC PZ7.C88135 Be 2018 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017030576