Children's book cover titled 'Grizzly Boy' by Barbara Davis-Pyles, illustrated by Tracy Subisak, showing a boy in a yellow shirt and dark pants, laughing and pretending to roar, with a shadowy grizzly bear figure behind him.

Written by Barbara Davis-Pyles & Illustrated by Tracy Subisak

Grizzly Boy

One morning Theo decides he is no longer human. "I'm a GRIZZLY I'm WILD AND FREE " But being a grizzly boy isn't easy if you still have to go to school.

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About this book

A fun, endearing, and sweet picture book, Grizzly Boy will have "wild and free" little grizzlies everywhere asking for repeat readings.

One day Theo wakes up and decides he's a grizzly bear. He leaps out of bed, practices his growl . . . and his roar. . . and scratches his bottom on the bedpost. "Oh my! That's very convincing," his mother responds.

When Theo finds a bowl of lettuce and berries for breakfast instead of his favorite Frosted Monster Bites cereal, he is still determined to have a day that's wild and free, but he finds it's more difficult than he expected, especially when you have a clever mother and still have to go to school where there are rules and more rules!

After a challenging day as a grizzly boy at school, Theo learns you can follow the rules and still enjoy being wild and free!

The details

RELEASE DATE: September 4, 2018

AGES: 3-7

PAGES: 32

FORMAT: Hardcover

PUBLISHER: Sasquatch Books

ISBN-13: 9781632171689

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Praise

  • "In the illustrations, Subisak alternates Theo as a boy with Theo as a grizzly. She uses bold colors and varied lines to add movement and emphasis on the emotions and actions. Using the details and the shadows, she does an excellent job of showing the two sides: grizzly vs. human."

    — Kirkus Reviews

  • "Dueling art styles by Subisak (Shawn Loves Sharks) ramp up bear-vs.-human tension as printed text alternates with bold, hand-lettered speech balloons to represent Grizzly Boy’s powerful roars. She has fun with the background, too, imagining Theo’s surroundings shifting in and out of forest habitat, as when the staircase becomes a river with salmon leaping upstream. "

    — Publishers Weekly

Tracy Subisak holding children's books, standing outdoors on a grassy area, with a scenic background of trees, a river, and a bridge.

About Tracy

Tracy Subisak is the mixed-Taiwanese American author and illustrator of Sorry, Snail and award-winning Jenny Mei Is Sad. She has also illustrated many picture books including The Inactivity Book, written by Kyo Maclear and Amah Faraway, written by Margaret Chiu Greanias. Her books have been featured in publications such as the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and PBS Books. Tracy currently resides in Portland, Oregon with her family and copious amounts of plants.

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