A crack! Snap! ROAWR! awakens Liam in the middle of the night. Oh, dear. Papa is away and Mama is snore asleep. Mama is delicious to forest things. And Liam is just a boy—too small to fight them off! What can Liam do?
He’ll dig a hole, bring sticks and string and creep on furry feet to trap—Bear! Would that keep Mama safe? No. Liam may be just a boy, but suddenly, he has an even bigger idea. Will it work?
(Larry: show “web 6”)
Big Idea!
“Boys love adventure, noise and sticks, but are often admonished, ‘Use your inside voice! No sticks in here!’ Their big, hairy loudness is often unsettling for women. Is that why there aren’t many books that celebrate this noise? Yet, a boy’s big hairy loudness (fierceness) is important to the protection of all they hold dear. Liam’s just a boy, but his courage, compassion and preparedness help him solve a very big problem. In this delicious forest world, Liam is both the boy and the bear (when he feeds the bear, he feeds his own soul). At the end, when he ‘slippers off his furry feet’ he’s learned when to use big, hairy loudness and when to set it aside.”
bmj
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