Otto the Book Bear by Kate Cleminson - review

This is a truly delightful book about a bear called Otto who lives within a book. One day the family move house and Otto gets left behind, and this is the start of his adventure. It has large clear print and the illustrations are beautiful. Saffron was enthralled with this book right from the start and clearly understood the story. She was able to empathise when Otto was 'all alone' and feeling 'very small' and she was able to say "Otto sad" at the appropriate times. Saffron enjoyed being able to spot and point out the various, very small pictures of Otto when he was lost in the big city, and she enjoyed pointing out umbrellas and cats and other things within the pictures. At the end of the story Otto discovers a library and he walks along shelves of books and what does he discover…..a whole host of new book friends! Saffron was very, very happy with this ending and gave names to all the new friends he had found!