The Bear's Water Picnic By John Yeoman ... The bear's plans go awry once more in this humorous and heartwarming follow-up to The Bear's Winter House, perfect for talking about making new friends The bear has organized a picnic on the river for his friends. It is the perfect day and everything is going swimmingly until they are disturbed by a loud croaking noise from among the lily pads. It’s the frogs, and they want to join in! But the bear and his friends don’t fancy putting up with the noise, so they move on to a quieter part of the lake. Unfortunately they soon find themselves stuck on a sandbank—and only the frogs can help them.
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John Yeoman
John Yeoman read English at Downing College, Cambridge, and Education at London University. Much of his teaching career was spent at the French Lycee in South Kensington, where he was for many years head of English. His first children's book, published in 1960, was also the first illustrated by Quentin Blake, and their collaboration has continued up to today. Many of their titles have appeared also in France, Germany, Holland, Japan and the USA. Since his early retirement from teaching John Yeoman has had time to read more books, listen to more opera, and plant old roses in both Sussex and South-West France, as well as writing even more stories and verses for Quentin Blake and other artists to illustrate.