This Is The Bear And The Bad Little Girl - Tapa dura

A fourth story about the boy, the dog and the bear. When the boy and the bear go to a restaurant, the dog stays outside. But, as usual, he manages to cause havoc! He trips a woman going into the restaurant and in the following pandemonium, people fall over, food is spilt and the boy ends up covered in cream! When he goes to the kitchen to be cleaned up, a little girl grabs the bear and runs off with him. The dog thinking this is great fun, gives chase and soon catches the girl, who hands the bear back to the boy, pretending she didn't really want him anyway! Sarah Hayes is the author of "This is the Bear", which has recently been added to the National Curriculum SATs reading list, "This is the Bear and the Picnic Lunch", "This is the Bear and the Scary Night", "Mary Mary", "Crumbling Castle", "Eat Up, Gemma", "Happy Christmas, Gemma", "The Grumpalump", "Robin Hood", "Easy Peasy", "Nine Ducks Nine" and "The Cats of Tiffany Street", which she also illustrated. Helen Craig is the illustrator of the "Angelina Ballerina" books, the "Susie and Alfred" series (which she also wrote) "The Yellow House", "The Stone Mouse", her own re-telling of "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" (shortlisted for the 1992 Smarties Book Prize) and "Charlie and Tyler at the Seaside".