Peek Inside Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas! by Philippe Coudray

A TOON BOOK BY PHILIPPE COUDRAY

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Editorial Director: FRANÇOISE MOULY Book Design: FRANÇOISE MOULY & JONATHAN BENNETT

Translation: FRANÇOISE MOULY PHILIPPE COUDRAY’s artwork was drawn in india ink and colored digitally.

A TOON Book™ © 2015 TOON Books, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, a division of Astra Publishing House. Original French text and art © Philippe Coudray and La Boîte à Bulles. All rights reserved. Copying or digitizing this book for storage, display, or distribution in any other medium is strictly prohibited. For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, please contact permissions@astrapublishinghouse.com. TOON Books®, TOON Graphics™, and TOON Into Reading!™ are trademarks of Astra Publishing House. All our books are Smyth Sewn (the highest library-quality binding available) and printed with soy-based inks on acid-free, woodfree paper harvested from responsible sources. Printed in China. First paperback edition, 2023.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Coudray, Philippe. Benjamin Bear in “Bright ideas!” : a TOON book / by Philippe Coudray. p. cm. Summary: Benjamin Bear, accompanied by his faithful rabbit friend, continues to share his observations and questions about the world around him. ISBN 978-1-935179-22-1 1. Graphic novels. [1. Graphic novels. 2. Bears--Fiction. 3. Humorous stories.] I. Title. II. Title: Bright ideas! PZ7.7.C68Bd 2013 741.5’973-dc23 2012022895

ISBN: 978-1-935179-22-1 (hardcover) ISBN: 978-1-6626-6502-8 (paperback) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 www .TOON-BOOKS. c O m

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books have received the following accolades: A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN’S BOOKS BOOKLIST’S TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR YOUTH ALA CHILDREN’S GRAPHIC NOVEL READING LIST EISNER AWARD BEST PUBLICATION FOR EARLY READERS NOMINEE WINNER OF THE YOUNG READERS PANDA AWARD NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY’S 100 TITLES FOR READING AND SHARING ERIC CARLE MUSEUM RECOMMENDED BOOK LIST Look for more of Benjamin Bear’s adventures in: Benjamin Bear in Fuzzy Thinking Benjamin Bear in Brain Storms!

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