Recently I reported that Iris loves the book Irving and Muktuk: Two Bad Bears, a story by Daniel Pinkwater about muffin-stealing polar bears. Somehow it escaped my notice that this book has three sequels. Today we got the first of the sequels from the library: Bad Bears in the Big City.

This installment of the Irving and Muktuk saga sees our heroes flown to the Bayonne, New Jersey, zoo, where they meet a street-smart bear named Roy. Naturally, they also break into a muffin factory. But then they get overheated and tired and have to take a nap in the frozen food section at the supermarket:

> “We became warm and tired,” Irving and Muktuk say. “We are lying on frozen peas. Is your apartment nearby?”

This made a big impression on Iris. This evening, after we read the book a second time, Iris lay down on the living room floor, and we had the following conversation:

> **Iris:** Iris is lying on frozen peas.

> **Me:** Oh, good. Dada is lying on frozen corn kernels.

> **Iris:** I’ve got to get out of this kernel place!