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The Bear and the Piano

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The author’s heroes and biggest influences are Albert Uderzo, Jon Klassen and Shaun Tan. Can you find out more about these people? Can you see any of their influences in this book?

When the bear is learning to play the piano, different illustrations show the same scene at different times of the year. Could you create a similar sequence of images? The bear plays his piano on Broadway. Where is this? Can you find out more about it and write a travel guide? Write a newspaper article about the bear’s first performance. Use the headlines shown in the illustrations as a starting point. When you watch the full animation, listen out for the following pieces of music and learn more about the composers who wrote them. You’ll be surprised how many you will recognise:

PRELUDE IN C MINOR – Another piece by Bach. Well, his music is so good, after all. Bach loved coffee and once said, “Without my morning coffee, I’m just like a dried-up piece of roast goat.” The Daily Mail —‘A sumptuous treat… [Litchfield] weaves magic with light and space…The ending will have your heart soaring like a soprano’s top C.’ Make a list of arguments ‘for’ and ‘against’ the bear leaving the forest and going to the city (or when he is in the city thinking about going home again).

The Bear and the Piano animation score includes some well-known piano pieces written over the last 400 years alongside Daniel Whibley’s original music. Watch the trailer below: SABRE DANCE – Khachaturian was a Russian composer in the 20th century. The Sabre Dance is his most famous piece and has been used in dozens of films, most recently Madagascar 3.

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PRELUDE IN C – This was written by J.S Bach, a German composer, in the 1700s. Bach had 20 Children. Imagine Christmas day at his house! The bear’s friends hang special objects in the tree above the piano. Could you create something similar to record your own special achievements and memories? The bear sees something ‘that made his fur stand on end’. What does this mean? Have you ever felt a similar feeling?

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