Although this book has a basic fictional framework in its story about Adelaide, Theo, and Bear, it's almost a non-fiction title with tips for kids on how to be a good writer.

Ironically, however, the writing itself is mediocre. The punctuation is also incorrect in parts of the book. Adelaide tells much of the story with dialogue. Unfortunately, the paragraphs aren't punctuated correctly. (When there is more than one paragraph of dialogue, opening quotation marks should be used on each; that isn't done here.)

I'm not usually a fan of anthropomorphized bear stories when the bears interact with humans. But Bear in this case is obviously fictional; when we first see him, he's reading a book and wearing an alphabet sweater. The illustrations are a bit too basic for my taste (especially Bear, whose paws are drawn so simply that it looks odd when he's "holding" a pencil). The illustrations are really secondary to the text, anyway. This is a book about writing, and the characters and setting are almost irrelevant.

I almost feel like I'm missing something here. That could be because there are two previous books in this series. Maybe they do a better job of explaining Adelaide and Bear's relationship. As it is, I feel like I've been dropped into the middle of a story, and I have no idea why there's a bear sitting in a quiet corner of the classroom.

I liked the concept of this book. Helping kids with writing stories in a new and encouraging way. I liked the idea of the beat being the helpful one, So anyone can find their inner “bear” to help them.

I liked the illustrations. The colors were bright and the style was pleasing.

I didn’t totally connect to it and I’m not sure why that was. Overall it was a good helpful story.

Absolutely loved this book and the message it conveyed! The illustrations were so cute and the little details really made it stand out. Any book that encourages literacy is a winner in my book. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book.