From the New York Times bestselling MOTHER BRUCE series, perfect for bedtime, classrooms, readalouds, and any time you’d like a good laugh.

After the events of Hotel Bruce, our favorite curmudgeonly bear shares his home with not only his four geese, but three rowdy mice besides! Fed up with their shenanigans, Bruce sets off to find a rodent-free household. But as usual, nothing goes quite according to plan. . .

A hilarious sequel for fans of the previous Bruce books, as well as a standalone discovery for new readers, Bruce’s next reluctant adventure is sure to keep kids giggling.

Also in the Mother Bruce Series:
· Mother Bruce
· Hotel Bruce
· Be Quiet!
· Santa Bruce
· Bruce’s Big Storm
· The Bruce Swap
· Hey, Bruce!
· Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow
· Bruce Saves the Planet: A Disney Planet Possible Book

New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins presents the next book in the MOTHER BRUCE series, perfect for bedtime, classrooms, readalouds, and any time you’d like a good laugh.


Bruce is a lot of things. He is a bear. He is a grump. He is a pretty decent cook. And he is a mother.

One thing Bruce is not?

Santa Claus.

But that doesn’t stop the whole forest from lining up to give him their Christmas wishes when he becomes the victim of mistaken identity―again.

Kids will howl with laughter as award-winning author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins delivers another hilarious story about this bear who just can’t catch a break.


Also in the Mother Bruce Series:
· Mother Bruce
· Hotel Bruce
· Bruce’s Big Move
· Be Quiet!
· Bruce’s Big Storm
· The Bruce Swap
· Hey, Bruce!
· Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow
· Bruce Saves the Planet: A Disney Planet Possible Book

From unwitting mother to unwitting . . . environmental activist?

Save the planet with #1 New York Times best-selling author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins’s beloved Mother Bruce.

Bruce was a bear who liked to be by himself. But that wasn’t easy for him, as mother to four geese and three mice. Luckily, he could enjoy a day of peace and quiet while fishing.

But his quiet haven is full of beetles stealing his lunch. And protestors loudly trying to save the forest from the construction of a factory. Will Bruce and the residents of Soggy Hollow manage to save the planet?

This book is part of the Disney Planet Possible Books program, aiming to inspire and empower young readers to take care of planet Earth through amazing stories and kid-friendly environmental activities. Books are manufactured with care in the United States.

The second book in the New York Times bestselling MOTHER BRUCE series, perfect for bedtime, classrooms, readalouds, and any time you’d like a good laugh.

When Bruce gets home from a southern migration trip with his goslings, he is tired. He is grumpy. And he is definitely not in the mood to share his home with the trio of mice who have turned his den into a hotel.

There’s a possum pillow fight wreaking havoc in one room, a fox luring guests into a stew in the kitchen, and a snuggly crew of critters hogging the bed. Bruce growls and grumbles and tries to throw them all out, but the entrepreneurial mice just can’t take a hint. Bruce is in a little over his head, especially once the goslings join the staff. Will this grumpy bear ever get his quiet, peaceful den back to himself?


Praise for Mother Bruce:

Kids Indie Next List, Top Ten

*”[W]ry text and marvelously detailed pictures juxtapose uproariously . . . Visually beautiful, clever, edgy, and very funny.” ―Kirkus, starred review

*”Ryan T. Higgins’s illustrations are extraordinary. . . . [A] hilarious, artful picture book with a nod to foodies great and small” —Shelf Awareness, starred review

The first book in the New York Times bestselling MOTHER BRUCE series, perfect for bedtime, classrooms, readalouds, and any time you’d like a good laugh.

An E. B. White Read-Aloud Award Winner, 2016

An Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honoree, 2016

Bruce the bear likes to keep to himself. That, and eat eggs. But when his hard-boiled goose eggs turn out to be real, live goslings, he starts to lose his appetite. And even worse, the goslings are convinced he’s their mother. Bruce tries to get the geese to go south, but he can’t seem to rid himself of his new companions. What’s a bear to do?

Also in the Mother Bruce Series:
· Hotel Bruce
· Bruce’s Big Move
· Be Quiet!
· Santa Bruce
· Bruce’s Big Storm
· The Bruce Swap
· Hey, Bruce!
· Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow
· Bruce Saves the Planet: A Disney Planet Possible Book