The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

Such a sweet story, my first grader is reading it with her class and it captured her attention well. She was able to retain the main parts of the story properly with how it was written and the chapters weren’t too lengthy

I don't know how I missed this one! What a great story about a little boy who perseveres at his task and uses ingenuity to escape danger. My granddaughter loved The Courage of Sarah Noble. This one, also by Alice Dalgliesh, is another a great story that I'm sure she will love. The repetition of certain lines makes it a great read-aloud for 4-5 year olds, and a great tale for young elementary children as well. Note to teachers: It's a good short one to keep the attention of students when time is limited.

My daughter has just started reading on her own, and this has been her favorite so far! Many early readers are geared towards silly story lines, but this one manages simplicity with fun and excitement. The anticipation grows and the ending is satisfying. There's some play along the way with mom cutting out cookies super fast as she chants that there are no bears on hemlock mountain and nothing to be afraid of. My daughter commented that she had never thought of bears coming out of hibernation in spring quite like that before. The anticipation brings nature to life instead of just watching a special about bears. Definitely a classic. My daughter is a 10 year old with dyslexia and I am happy to find reading material this good that is also easy enough for her.

Favorite book for young readers beginning chapter books.

This book is not what I expected. Online I couldn't tell that this was a thin book; I expected it was a normal-sized book that would take a bit of time to read, but no: I read it in one sitting and was able to read it aloud to my kids at bedtime in one go. It doesn't even have page numbers. All that said, the story is sweet, and would be a great first chapter book for a child who just learned to read. Love the graphics, too. My kids draw while I read to them, and both of them were inspired to imitate some of the graphics from the book. Just know when you purchase this that it's more like a picture book with a story than a chapter book that will take time to read. It's a quick one.

the price was high IMO for such a short book but it's a nice short simple little story and the problem solving the kid did was pretty smart and I like the simple cute illustrations.

A reluctant reader, my extremely active 8 yr old, wants to do it, fix it, build it but… not usually …read it. Attempting to encourage summer reading, I expected a grim tugg of war on this not -a -zoo or skate board, or pickleball kind of day, but by the end of the first chpt. -he was totally engaged in the is there? Is there not? up the Mtn journey. By an engaging quick read a loud, this child was captured by the pace up, down, and over Hemlock Mtn. Held his attention on a sleepy summers day but …Maybe even a better read on a dark snowy night? Or a fall evening over marshmellows and a fireside? A solid good read .

My 3 and 5 year old loved this book. This is a short chapter book. I read this aloud to them and it held their attention. It also has a lot of pictures for a chapter book so it kept them more engaged.

So glad to get copies of this book as it is hard to find and I bought original years ago.

Loved reading this to my 5 and 3 year old children on holiday. Short chapters and an easy to follow story with good illustrations. A nice step up from short picture books.

A story of boy who crosses the mountain on errand and the there is hearsay that there are bears on mountain. What happens then? read it out. A very small and cute story with nice illustrations. This review is for paperback copy [ISBN : 978-0689716041]

Meine Tochter hatte das Buch von der Schule bekommen, jedoch fehlten schon so viele Seiten, deshalb war ich froh es noch einmal erwerben zu können!!!! Die Geschichte ist für Lernanfänger super, jedoch der Einband eine Katastrophe und wir saßen am zweiten Nachmittag und haben alle Seiten mit Tesa aneinander geklebt!!!! Die hielt gar nichts mehr! Nun ist es eine dicke "Tesa-Kladde", vielleicht hätten wir die einzelnen Seiten einfach lochen sollen und dann in einen Hefter abheften sollen????

Ich habe 20 Bücher gekauft um sie im Unterricht von den Schülern nutzen zu lassen. Die Bücher, obwohl neu, haben eine ganz schlechte Qualität. Die Seiten lösen sich aus der Bindung und das Buch zerfleddert regelrecht und zwar von Anfang an. Von den 20 Büchern sind alle von so mieser Qualität. Da es etwas gedauert hat, bis ich die Bücher in der Klasse genutzt habe, kann ich sie nun auch nicht mehr zurückgeben bzw. umtauschen. Zukünftig werde ich meine Bücher wieder im Buchladen kaufen. M. K.