Little Bear's Little Boat

I actually got Eve Bunting's Little Bear's Little Boat for my infant son. Surprisingly, Ivy has wanted to read it every night for one week. She "reads" it to herself every morning. Perhaps she understands the deeper message behind this simple story? This is a tale of growing pains. Little bear spends his days fishing and dreaming in his little boat until he finds himself too big for the boat. Confronted with this new reality, he heeds some advice and decides to give his boat to another little bear with the caveat that that little bear give it to another little bear when he outgrows the boat. He does not, however, abandon his love of boats...