Age Group: 3 - 6 Years

Description:

When the autumn leaves turn red and gold and the air begins to nip, the bears of the forest know it is time to find their cosy cave, curl up tight, and settle in for the long winter sleep. Hush! No loud noises, no thumping feet — bears are sleeping! In David Martin's beautifully gentle rhyming picture book, young readers follow a family of bears through a full year of seasons, from sleepy snowy winter to springtime tumbles, summer berries, and back to the falling leaves of autumn. With Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher's softly luminous illustrations and a tender, lullaby-like read-aloud text, this is a perfect bedtime story for the smallest book-lovers, and includes a friendly page of real bear facts at the end to satisfy little nature explorers. A peaceful, hushed introduction to hibernation and the changing year.