A sweet story about doing things your own way.  When Bear finds he has out-grown his little boat, he gives it away and sets to building himself a new one.  He tells his mother he knows just what he wants, builds it himself, and tells the boat when he is finished, “You are just what I dreamed you would be.”  But as he gets ready to put it in the water, several other animals come by telling him what his boat needs, and he takes all their suggestions, until he is completely disgusted with how it turned out.  Not wanting to hurt his friends’ feelings, he assured them that he knew they were trying to help and that he appreciated their good intentions but, “A bear should never let go of his own dream.”  The illustrations are cute, and support the text, and the animals faces give them personality.