{"product_id":"2940044813977","title":"The Bear with a Sore Head","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the year 2000, when this book was first published, I wanted to create a book which could be given to a child who was starting school at the age of 5 years and which could be read by them progressively until the age of 11 years when they either moved up to ‘Middle or High School’. I also wanted to mark their memory of the New Millennium with their own special book.\u003cbr\u003eBecause the reading age between all children of between 5 years of age and 11 is so vast, this project naturally involved the writing of a number of stories that catered for children of different chronological ages and reading abilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe outcome of this idea was the publication of the book ‘Bes’, which contained four interdependent stories that linked in theme. The four stories would concern four types of creatures, a bear (for 5-7 year old readers), an elephant (for 7-9 year old readers), a sheep (for 9-11 year old readers), and a New Millennium spiritual creature called ‘Bes’, who was part bear, part elephant and part sheep in both appearance and disposition(for 9-13 year old reader).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bear with a Sore Head’, is a story to be ‘read to’ and ‘read with’ the 5-7 year old child. Its overall aim is to remind the young reader that ‘how’ one gets out of bed each morning will depend ‘how good or bad a day’ one experiences. It is also hoped that the child will see the benefits that can be derived from being ‘positive’ in attitude at the start of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Forde","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081900114160,"sku":"2940044813977","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044813977_p0.jpg?v=1763667537","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044813977","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}