Big Brown Bear's Birthday Surprise

**Beloved author-illustrator David McPhail's popular Big Brown Bear celebrates a birthday in this picture book classic reformatted for Green Light Readers Level 2.** It's his birthday and Big Brown Bear doesn't even know it until his friend Rat fills him in during a picnic by the river. Everything goes swimmingly until an empty boat passes by and Big Brown Bear jumps in! Beginning readers will enjoy the watery ride in this sweet story full of sunshine, splashes, cucumber sandwiches, and friendship.