Scruffy Bear and the Six White Mice by Chris Wormell

Scruffy Bear and the Six White Mice is a lovely picture book.  The illustrations are beautiful and realistic.  The picture of the owl is truly impressive.  The children in my class really enjoyed this story.  We tried to guess how Scruffy Bear would trick each animal.  The ideas for tricking each animal are imaginative and clever.  While this book has similarities to the Grufallo in which the fox, snake and owl are tricked, it doesn't have the feel of ideas being copied, instead it tells a different story but with the characters you may find in the wood.  This is yet another book that I think will be found in key stage one classrooms and will form the basis for lovely woodland displays and role play areas.
As a parent it is also a book that I would recommend for children age 3 - 6 years.