“I’m going to invent SOMETHING,“ said Spectacled Bear. He didn’t yet know what, but he was certain it would become clear. Something USEFUL, he decided a little later, something TOTALLY NEW! “Otherwise, it wouldn’t be an invention at all,“ said the know-it-all baboon, but the other animals were already bombarding Spectacled Bear with their wishes ­ – and he invented one thing after another: a Full-Moon Lamp, a Courage Dipper, a Curse Compensator, a Partner Palm … With affectionate, humorous dialogue, Nina and Nikolaus Ober lead us through an abstracted, imaginative jungle, full of surprising details (including “Spectacled Bear’s Inventions”) for readers big and small.