The Bear, The Piano, The Dog and the Fiddle
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By David Litchfield
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29 reviews
The second book in the best-selling, award-winning ‘Bear and the Piano’ trilogy.
The first book in the trilogy – The Bear and the Piano – has sold over 120,000 copies in the UK and won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, Illustrated Book Category for 2016
BBC Music Magazine - ’Litchfield’s warm, richly coloured images are filled with gentle humour, while he packs plenty of emotion and nuance into his succinct text- and music as a starring role.’
The Daily Mail ‘Litchfield’s stunning illustrations conjure up the twinkling lights and sombre shadows of New Orleans, beautifully reflecting the joy and melancholy that offset each other in this touching story. Another guaranteed bestseller from this remarkable artist.’ ‘Loyalty and friendship underpin this touching story from the wonderful David Litchfield…Litchfield’s captivating rendition of New Orleans’ lights and sombre shadows reflects joy and melancholy to stunning effect.’
The Daily Mail, ‘Best Christmas Books’
The Bookseller, ’Editor’s Choice’ - ‘A big-hearted sequel starring a new cast of animals musicians…this captures all the warmth and charm of the original, with show stopping cityscapes and heartfelt emotion.’
The Bookseller, ’Season’s Highlights’ – ‘Completely charming tale of friendship and music.’
The Bear and the Piano 1
The Bear, the Piano, the Dog and the Fiddle 2
The Bear, the Piano and Little Bear’s Concert 3
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Lights on Cotton Rock
Reviews
I have the first book and this one is good too
I liked all the pictures but was a bit worried when the story was sad
Was a good book on sticking by a friend and not being jealous of them
Unbelievable super cool
This is a fictional story following 'The Bear and the Piano'. I would recommend this lovely story of friendship! An amazing quote from this story is "Because good friendship, just like good music, lasts a lifetime"
So great! The first one is musical, this is a sequel.
I liked that they both got to play at the end on the stage. The man was sad but then he wasn't sad at the end
I like the story and the illustrations.
it was nice and relaxing and i liked how the dog and the man got back together. the bear is really nice
I like it how Hugo welcome Hector at the end and they didn't break up.
I enjoyed reading this book because even though it was a short book it was very interesting throughout the whole thing. My favourite character was Hugo (the dog) because even though his friend was not very nice to him when he left for bear's concert the next time he saw him Hugo was very nice to Hector ( his friend ) . My favourite part in the book was when Hector was brought on the stage and when they became friends again.
Follow up to the Bear and the Piano, looking at friendship and supporting the talents of others.
I really liked this book my favourite part was when the bear came to watch the performance
I liked this because i read the first one and it made me feel calm
I liked it very much. I read it on the phone with my Auntie Jenny, and she thought it was very sad. My favourite bit was when Hector realised he could still play his fiddle. He played with his friend.
I like this book because there was a friendship in it. It broke because of music but in the end it also joined them back together
The little dog was cute and I liked the end of the story
I liked the dog playing the fiddle
I liked hugo best. It intrested me because I did not know where Hector was being taken. I would recomend it to people who like drama stories.
The dog can play the fiddle. The man can play the fiddle and he taught the dog how to play the fiddle. I like the bit when they were friends again at the end.
I like violin and piano
I liked the end when the dog wanted the man to come and play with him on stage.
Lovely book, really nice moral behind the tale. Enjoyed reading this one.
A dog plays with the bear, and it’s about his friend the fiddle player.
The bear was making a show and the man was playing a fiddle, then the dog started playing the fiddle. The dog saw the bear in a show and wanted to be in it too. The dog was famous. The man came to watch the dog play and two bears took him somewhere dark and he saw the dog and his old fiddle. The dog wanted him to play and he did and he was happy.
This book was quite long and we lost a bit of interest
When I first saw the book (in the library) I thought it look a bit bad. But when we bought the first one 'the bear and the piano ' I knew I had to keep reading so I did it such a nice story but the first one is my favourite.
Marshal Phoenix Mittens
Really interesting and capturing.
Inspires children to play instruments.
Very descriptive story.
I liked them playing music together on stage.
