Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow

Best Seller
Hardcover
$18.99 US
12.4"W x 9.34"H x 0.4"D  
On sale Jul 11, 2023 | 48 Pages | 9781368059589
| Up to Kindergarten
Reading Level: Lexile AD550L
Celebrate all things scary with #1 New York Times best-selling author Ryan T. Higgins's beloved Mother Bruce.

Bruce is a bear who does not like holidays, and he really doesn’t like Halloween. His family of mice and geese decides the only way to get Bruce excited about Halloween is to tell a scary story. 

But their campfire tale takes a turn when a ghostly visitor appears. Will Bruce get in the Halloween spirit? Or will the Halloween spirit get Bruce?

Read all the Mother Bruce books!

Picture Books:
  • Mother Bruce
  • Hotel Bruce
  • Bruce's Big Move
  • Santa Bruce
  • Bruce's Big Storm
  • The Bruce Swap
  • Hey, Bruce!
  • Be Quiet

Board Books:
  • 1 Grumpy Bruce
  • Peek-a-Bruce


Little Bruce Books:
  • Spring Stinks
  • Thanks for Nothing!
  • Out Cold

Early Readers:
  • Bruce's Big Fun Day
  • Ballet Bruce
Ryan T. Higgins (ryanthiggins.com) is the author and illustrator of the New York Times best-selling Mother Bruce, which received the E. B. White Read-Aloud Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor; Hotel Bruce; BE QUIET!; and Bruce's Big Move. He lives in Maine with his wife and kids and lots of pets.
  • SELECTION | 2024
    Kansas State Reading Circle Award
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Celebrate all things scary with #1 New York Times best-selling author Ryan T. Higgins's beloved Mother Bruce.

Bruce is a bear who does not like holidays, and he really doesn’t like Halloween. His family of mice and geese decides the only way to get Bruce excited about Halloween is to tell a scary story. 

But their campfire tale takes a turn when a ghostly visitor appears. Will Bruce get in the Halloween spirit? Or will the Halloween spirit get Bruce?

Read all the Mother Bruce books!

Picture Books:
  • Mother Bruce
  • Hotel Bruce
  • Bruce's Big Move
  • Santa Bruce
  • Bruce's Big Storm
  • The Bruce Swap
  • Hey, Bruce!
  • Be Quiet

Board Books:
  • 1 Grumpy Bruce
  • Peek-a-Bruce


Little Bruce Books:
  • Spring Stinks
  • Thanks for Nothing!
  • Out Cold

Early Readers:
  • Bruce's Big Fun Day
  • Ballet Bruce

Author

Ryan T. Higgins (ryanthiggins.com) is the author and illustrator of the New York Times best-selling Mother Bruce, which received the E. B. White Read-Aloud Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor; Hotel Bruce; BE QUIET!; and Bruce's Big Move. He lives in Maine with his wife and kids and lots of pets.

Awards

  • SELECTION | 2024
    Kansas State Reading Circle Award

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