I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I love this book. I love the pictures and the story. This was too fun.

Do you like this book?
Yeah! I think it's funny he thinks the turtle is a snake! Turtles aren't snakes!

What's your favorite part of the book?
When he gets scared and jumps sooo high he scares himself! And when he thought the turtle was a snake.

What do you think of the cover?
I like it!

This was a really fun and funny book about a rabbit and bear who just woke up from their hibernation. All rabbit wants is some peace and quiet and then all the sudden there is a loud BANG BANG BANG noise. It's a woodpecker!
The art is cute, the colors are adorable, and the story is awesome.

I had not heard of this series so it was a great find on netgalley. It's a cute, fun story with illustrations all can enjoy. I will look into getting more of these for our library.

I haven't read the first Rabbit & Bear book yet (though I plan to do so as soon as I get the chance), so I can't compare this book to it. I really enjoyed this book! It has a good lesson in it (honestly, I think most if not all adults should read this), that you may not be able to change your circumstances, but you can change the way you think about them. I don't know if kids will immediately get this idea, though it's explained very well within the story, but it puts the idea in their heads where it can bloom. The story is cute and fun, and I loved the friendship between Rabbit and Bear- they remind me of me and my husband! And can we talk about the artwork for a minute? I love the nostalgic look of it, the black and white with just green to add color. The landscapes are rendered beautifully, and the characters are expressive and full of personality. This is just the sort of book I would've loved as a child, and I look forward to giving these books to my nephews!

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Rabbit and Bear the Pest in the Nest by Ulian Gough – This book has a great message, Rabbit wakes up from hibernation and everything seems to be going wrong. Rabbit blames everyone and everything else, but learns an important lesson about how to look at the world and our problems. It is a well illustrated story. This book was released May 21, 2019

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I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. I enjoyed this funny story about friendship and about loud noises. A fun read and fun illustrations.

My grandchildren did not enjoy this book as much as the first I read them in this series. My grandson kept asking why Rabbit is so mad all the time. Even as I read and explained, he kept fixating on Rabbit being so mad. Spring is coming to the forest, and there's a new animal in the neighbourhood, a woodpecker. She sits up in a tree, pecking away at the it to make a hole for her nest. Rabbit can't stand the noise, and his anger and annoyance has him blaming the world for everything. Bear tries to calm him down, but is not having a lot of luck. When bear finally takes him up the tree so he can see the beauty of the world around them, Rabbit realizes he's just a very small part of the world around him. Slowly, he learns that he can change the way he thinks about things, and that can change his feelings. Even Bear's annoying snoring can become a positive thing! All the animals wake up and they have a party, everyone getting along, even the wolf who wanted to eat them earlier in the story. There was not a lot happening in this story and it was rather anti-climatic. The lesson that it is possible to change your outlook on life was lost on my grandson. I was disappointed in this one.

Thank you #netgalley for giving me a copy of #RabbitBearThePestInTheNest to review. I love the illustrations. This book was perfect for my daughter. The language was simple. The message is perfect for a little human who needs to learn to not focus on negatives. The length is good to work on reading stamina. I appreciated this book and enjoyed it as much as my kids. I can see putting this in my library for some of my lower readers. Great elementary read.

I liked Bear. She's a great friend. Rabbit reminds me a bit too much of some psycho and unpleasant people I have known in my life, although I can understand how having a woodpecker building a nest outside your front door could make you that way.. I appreciated the lesson the author was trying to teach. It's an important skill to know how to choose a positive outlook in life.

Rabbit and Bear: Pest in the Nest was a lot of fun to read. The illustrations helped bring the characters to life as well as each page they happened to be in. Rabbit and Bear are different in many ways, but this odd friendship might help someone see things in a totally new way. There is something for readers of all ages to enjoy here.

I view every book I read through two lenses: fun and potential teaching and learning point. I found both in this book - the characters very predictably reflect the reality of every classroom - students who are highly anxious, students who are very laid back and those more mature ones who are always there to help. The language and the illustrations are very enjoyable while the situations and character dialogue lend themselves to multiple opportunities for think alouds and discussions of emotional regulation with young kids. It seemed clear to me that the book was written for that very purpose as it might not be very "natural" for characters to speak about and process their emotions in pretty clear cut ways. However, at the end of the day, I definitely recommend this book to anyone who has a child of roughly 5-7 years old who struggles with emotional regulation.

This is a delightful humorous story about an over-emotional and over-sensitive Rabbit who tends to dwell on negativity. He spends the winter with his friend Bear in her cave but finally has had it with the loud, thunderous snoring and decides it's time to go back to his own burrow. He exits the cave and discovers that Spring has sprung! Energized with the sense of a new season he decides it's time for housecleaning his home. He is scared out of his wits as he discovers an unwelcome tenant there.Tortoise. He quickly evicts the trespasser from his premises. How dare he encroach on his turf. Rabbit takes a break from his hardwork and goes outside and settles down outside in the sun plunked on top of sleeping Tortoise! Ahhhhhhh... peace and quiet... life is good.

It's then he hears a constant BANGING and BANGING, and BANGING that drives him really nuts. Who or what could be making all that racket and disturbing his fen shui?

The never ending tapping and banging drives Rabbit to call upon his friend Bear thinking that perhaps together they can solve the origin of the noise and eliminate it completely. Bear in her quiet wise way points out to Rabbit that maybe he is overreacting and just maybe he should start looking at the things around him not with a mindset to change them but perhaps... just perhaps... he is the one that needs an attitude change. She makes these suggestions in a kind and gentle way to her friend.

This is a story of friendship, tolerance, acceptance, and how to see the world from a different perspective. Rabbit embraces the idea of seeing the good in things around him and not always the bad things. The attitude shift causes the whole vibe of the forest to change. The illustrations are simply wonderful and enrich the text so much. They are full of expression, emotion and animation and sure to bring a smile to your face. I love the book and highly recommend it.

I was very excited for Rabbit and Bear: The Pest in the Nest. I like the characters and found them endearing and relatable. But I felt that the book was a little lengthy for the purpose.

What would you do if you woke up from a blissful winter's nap to find a pest in tree above your home? When Rabbit wakes up to find a woodpecker making all kinds of racket in the tree above his home, he is not happy!! When Bear climbs up the tree to try to help Woodpecker's job go faster, he sees all the beauty in the world, beauty that Rabbit cannot see from the ground. Bear takes Rabbit to the top and when Rabbit sees mountains beyond mountains, he starts to soften a little... that is until he is on the ground again and the noise starts back up. Can Rabbit retrain his brain to see the good in things and not always the bad in things? Read this precious story with incredible illustrations to find out.

Rabbit is anxious, and loud, and easily angered. Bear is calm, wise, and seeks to understand the situation before he gets angry. What starts out as a funny story about two friends quickly turns into a story about accepting a bad situation, and finding the silver lining. An excellent book for children and adults alike.

What a winner of an early reader, with great text and gorgeous pictures. The book has sort of a nostalgic aesthetic in the illustrations. But, the best part for me is that the bear is a patient friend/ onlooker of rabbit's travails. I feel like the bear might be an allusion to parents who watch their children's adventures but allow them latitude to make mistakes. Really great book.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Very sweet book with rhyming and repetition that children will enjoy. My only hope is that the final release will have colored illustrations instead of B&W.

Woodpecker has moved into the neighborhood when Bear and Rabbit are waking up from winter and Rabbit can't stand all the noise she is making! Rabbit asks for Bear's helping in making Woodpecker stop or leave so he can get some peace and quiet. But Rabbit ends up learning something about himself and how to regulate his feelings.
Surprisingly good lesson that could really be good for kids who get angry.

Oh dear Rabbit... Bear’s snoring is driving him nuts. Rabbit tried covering his rather large ears with his little paws but that was not very successful. Wide awake now, Rabbit ventures outside the cave and he is excited to discover that spring had sprung. After a winter spent in his friend Bear's cave it was time to go home to his burrow. His burrow is messy and as he attempts to tidy he sees a head of a snake. He soon discovers it’s not a snake, rather it is a Tortoise. All Rabbit wants is peace and quiet and to be alone, is that too much to ask? Then the banging starts! ... Woodpecker is nest building. Can it get any worse.
Bear is awake now and sees his friend is very stressed. Bear takes hold of Rabbit very gently and carries him to the top of the tree. Here he sees a lovely view, and might I add peaceful view, of the trees and the lake. There are mountains behind the mountains behind the mountains and suddenly Rabbit felt a bit better about his problems, at least for a little while. But of course Woodpecker isn’t finished with the nest building and the banging starts again.
Here the story begins to get poignant. Bear helps Rabbit, not to change himself or to change the world, but to change the way that he thinks about what is going on around him. This is just a lovely story about friendship between two very different individuals.
The illustration are excellent, all in shades of black and gray, sepia it may be called. Shades of green illuminate and contrast against the background.
This is a must have story of friendship and wisdom through the lives of some rather cuddly characters.

This had lovely pictures, and a nice enough theme, that of mindfulness and being able to be at peace in a crazy world.

My problem was that it took so long for Rabbit to come to that conclusion. It took him so long to realize that he could not change the world, just how he reacted to the world.

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And yes, that is how it is in real life, but how often do picture books happen as they do in real life.

Other than how long it took, it is funny how Rabbit doesn't get it, and Bear does.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.