THE THREE BEARS RHYME BOOK
Illustrated by Jane Dyer
Harcourt 1987
ISBN# 0-15-286386-9 Harcourt hardcover
ISBN# 0-15-201564-7 Voyager paperback

When I first saw Jane Dyer's wonderful artwork--in a portfolio at a workshop I was running--I fell in love with her animals in clothing. I wrote "Piggins" esepcially for her, but I always remembered a picture from her portfolio of the three bears eating breakfast. When I started writing the rhymes for this book, "Porridge" was one of the first, inspired by her picture. A version of that picture is used in the book. Several of my poems in this book have been reprinted widely--"Bouquet," "Read to Me" and "Papa Bear's Hum." Jane's "Read to Me" poster, from Peaceable Kingdom, is a treasure. The book was a Booklist Editors' Choice and a Parents Choice Honor book. There is a Spanish edition.

Available in Voyager paperback.

What reviewers have said: "The wonderfully paired team of Yolen and Dyer (Piggins) has created another winner with this collection of 15 rhymed poems narrated by the smallest bear of the familiar three bears story. ... The designs of Dyer's vivid pages are exceptionally clever, and the illustrations are a snug match for Yolen's lilting text." -- Publishers Weekly

Recording: "Poppa Bear's Hum" from THREE BEARS' RHYME BOOK in Lui Collins "North of Mars"-- Lui Collins recordings at Mabels Music and Card Shop.