Susan Sindelar

Rumble Bear Susan Sindelar

Rumble Bear and all her friends are faced with a challenge: Accepting Change. Through love and friendship, they learn to embrace and celebrate similarities and differences among friends. This book encourages children to discuss, process, and assimilate recognizable differences among peers without fear. The story illustrates the wonder of discovering and appreciating the contribution of individual abilities within relationships. Rumble Bear and her friends explore the concepts of prejudice, self-consciousness, and misunderstanding, and the healing that comes through empathy, communication, and friendship. Ages 2-6