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Little Bear's Visit is a children's picture book by American author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. Seven Little Monsters was published by HarperTrophy in 1957.

Description
Little Bear's Visit is a small format picture book measuring 0.2 x 5.8 x 8.5 inches. According to harpercollins.com Little Bear and his parents are familiar to almost all beginning readers. And now beginning readers meet Grandmother and Grandfather Bear, whom they are sure to love as much as Little Bear does. Like all children, Little Bear loves to visit his grandparents. There is always so much to do, so much to see, and so much to eat. His grandfather is never too tired to play (that is, almost never) and his grandmother tells him stories about Mother Bear when she was a little cub.

Plot
Little Bear's Visit is a series of children's books, primarily involving the interaction of Little Bear's Visit (a small cub) and Mother Bear (Little Bear's Mother), and the yearning he has for his father who is a ship's captain and absent for long periods. The first book in the series was published in 1957, written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Initially the stories were simple, but eventually became more sophisticated in subsequent books as the plot and characters expanded.