Kirkus Review US:Lily, not liking to be a child, dons a bear suit each morning - with manners to match, which her parents deplore but don't try to change. On a zoo trip, she's mistaken for a real bear and put in a cage with two enormous, ferocious-looking specimens who are apparently the first not to be taken in by her disguise ("Real bears don't have zippers down their fronts"); Lily escapes, having learned her lesson - or has she? Now she's a deep-sea diver: "Big and brave." The brief story here is not well developed - there's no clue as to why Lily needs a facade - but this New Zealander's soft, detailed illustrations are amusing, while her narrative is brisk and pleasantly wry. Children may enjoy comparing this to Where the Wild Things Are. (Kirkus Reviews)
