My Best Bear Levels 1-2

In My Best Bear, a young boy proudly shares his collection of favourite teddy bears-big, little, old, and new-before settling down for the night with the one he loves most. This gentle and comforting story is perfect for beginning readers, offering opportunities to connect text to real-life experiences. The narrative supports comprehension strategies such as inferring, hypothesising, and connecting to personal experiences. It features a variety of adjectives and opposites, as well as repetition of high-frequency words and consonant patterns, which aid in building decoding confidence. Beautiful illustrations extend the text and offer cues for oral language development, making it ideal for shared reading or independent exploration.

Educational Benefits

• Reinforces high-frequency word recognition and phonics patterns
• Develops descriptive vocabulary through adjectives and opposites
• Strengthens text-image connections and comprehension strategies
• Encourages personal connection through familiar bedtime themes

Classroom Ideas

• Have students bring in their own œbest bear and describe it
• Create a class bear display with labels for opposites (e.g., big/little)
• Draw and write about a favourite toy using adjectives
• Sequence the bears in the book by size, colour, or age

Safety & Information

• Suitable for ages 4+
• Dimensions: 150mm x 150mm
• Non-toxic, classroom-safe materials used
• Rounded edges and easy-turn pages