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Old Bear

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Snug and warm, Old Bear sleeps for winter. Dreaming of spring and being a cub again, he travels through a daisy sun summer and yellow and orange autumn to an ice covered winter. Old Bear sleeps and dreams only to melt away the winter into spring. He wakes up to a beautiful spring day, as if no time has passed. This father bear story will be loved by 2-5-year-old children the whole year long.

I loved this book. Simple idea but richly presented.You could imagine being there with OLD BEAR as he slept and dreamed. Recommended.

The brown old bear was snuggled up by the time the snow began to swirl outside his den. The last of the oak and maple leaves began to fall with the first flakes. He started to dream of spring when the lupines, daffodils and tulips sprang from the earth and began to bloom. The butterflies were flitting around and he dreamed that "he was a cub again." Everything was so oversized that he was able to curl up in a crocus. Next he "dreamed that it was summer" and the "sun was a daisy and the leaves were butterflies." His smiley face looked up to the clouds that were sprinkling blueberries. What a dream!

Autumn soon arrived in his dream. The colors of autumn surrounded him and "even the birds and the fish and the water" had those tints. Next he dreamed of winter where everything around him "was covered in ice." The sky was dotted with "stars of all colors." He was still fast asleep, snuggled in his den and protected from the elements. He turned this way and that and that way and this. Yawn! The old bear was waking up. What would he see when he came out of his den?

This is one of those lovely, snuggly books that are wonderful to read on a cold winter's night when everyone is anxious for spring to arrive. The storyline and text mesh perfectly and await little hands that will eagerly turn the pages for you when you read. This book and a stuffed brown bear to snuggle up with would be a perfect gift!

Bought this for a little friend of mine and understand that she is incredibly happy when her mother reads it to her at bedtime.

Old Bear sleeps through the winter and dreams of his cubling days. The highly imaginative illustration are just what one would expect of dream images, a daisy for the sun or rainbow colored stars in winter-scape sky.

Old Bear wakes from his dreams and peeks outside to see if it's still snowing and finds winter has left and Spring is in full bloom.

A feel good story for any bedtime ritual.

reviewed by author/illustrator of Watchers and illustrator of Rabbit's Song by S.J. Tucker

Old bear reminisces about his life as a cub in the outdoors in this gentle tale about the changing seasons for preschoolers. The illustrations are delightful, too.

I loved the beautiful illustrations, and since my grandson is about ready to read, but not quite there yet, this is a good book for him to not only enjoy, but to recognize words within each page.

This book is a delight, and is as much fun for an adult to read to a child as it is for the child being read to. Highly recommended!

I love Kevin Henkes books. The art in this one is gorgeous and the story is endearing. Old bear slumbers through the winter and we peek into his dreams of the 4 seasons. The art is a celebration of the beauty of nature. I think you will enjoy it.

This Old Bear takes a long hibernation through the winter. He begins to dream of all the seasons. When he finally awakes, it is truly spring "with flowers as big as trees" and he is thrilled to find that it is not just a dream anymore (Henkes 2008). Kevin Henkes takes us into what the bear is dreaming of by great use of color which really evokes the change of the seasons. He uses warm reds and oranges to depict the fall season and bright purples and pinks for the spring season. I really enjoyed the simplicity of the book. I really do believe that most children will enjoy reading this as well as be fascinated by the illustrations.