A Polar Bear in the Snow
Author: Mac Barnett
Illustrator: Shawn Harris
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 7
Awards: A Bank Street College of Education’s Best Children’s Books 2021; A Chicago Public Library, New York Public Library, and Amazon Best Book of 2020; A Junior Library Guild Selection
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Louis
Author: Tom Lichtenheld
Illustrator: Julie Rowan-Zoch
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 7
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The Bear in the Book
Author: Kate Banks
Illustrator: Georg Hallensleben
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 6
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This book covers the topic of hibernation in a bedtime story. In essence, when the bear is sleeping the boy is awake; as the bear wakes up, the boy falls asleep. If you need a good way to make your child get veeerrryyy tired, this one works!
Awards: CCBC Choice (University of Wisconsin)