Author and Illustrator Joel Stewart
First published 2008
Publisher Farrar, Strauss and Giroux
Addis Berner Bear arrives in the city with his trumpet but the city is so huge and noisy that he can't remember why he's there.
Story
Addis Berner Bear has come to the city with his trumpet but it’s so huge and noisy and everything moves so fast that he forgets why he has come. He needs to work out why he is here and what he has come to do.
Why we chose it
A story told in few words and in beautiful water colour illustrations – a beautiful example of how pictures and words combine to tell a story.
Associated stories
Other books written and illustrated by Joel Stewart include Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie, Tiny Cops and Robbers and Tiny Dinosaurs.
Stewart has worked with a number of other authors on books including The Magic Paintbrush with Julia Donaldson, The Adventures of a Nose with Viviane Schwarz, Underwater Farmyard and Moon Zoo with Carol Ann Duffy, It Wasn’t Me with Michael Bond and Red Ted and the Lost Things with Michael Rosen. He has also illustrated classics like Alice in Wonderland and the Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
He created and directed the animation The Adventures of Abney and Teal which can be seen on CBeebies.
Author and Illustrator Joel Stewart
First published 2008
Publisher Farrar, Strauss and Giroux