The Boy, the Father and the Bear by Per Gustavsson and Eva Apelqvist - OPTIONAL

The Boy, the Father and the Bear by Per Gustavsson and Eva Apelqvist,  95 pages. CHAPTER BOOK Aldana Libros, 2026. 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL - OPTIONAL 

APPEALS TO: SOME 

A boy lives with his father in the woods, and they have a fun life fishing and practicing soccer together. But suddenly the father grows old (the boy does not age), and eventually the father is so old he has to stay in the house; roots grow from his feet, and he turns into a tree. When it rains, the boy escapes the flood by climbing the tree, and soon finds himself floating on the tree with a bear. 

Originally published in Swedish, this is an odd story. Divided into chapters, the boy's situation goes from bad to worse to weird. There's also a (kindly?) shark. I don't know how American children will take to it. I don't care to read it again. 

Lisa Librarian