Old Bear
By Kevin Henkes; Kevin Henkes (Illustrator)
(Greenwillow Books, Hardcover, 9780061552052, 32pp.)
Publication Date: September 2008
Other Editions of This Title: , Hardcover
Categories: Bedtime & Dreams, Concepts - Seasons, Nature & the Natural World - General
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Fall 2008 Kids' ListSnug and warm, curled and furry, Old Bear sleeps.
Red, orange, and brown leaves fly through the air, and it is snowing hard. Old Bear doesn't notice.
Old Bear is dreaming about being a cub again. He is dreaming about the beauty of the world. He is dreaming of everything he loves about the forest that is his home.
Turn the page and you will see!
Kevin Henkes is the author of Sun & Spoon, Bird Lake Moon, and the Newbery Honor Book Olive's Ocean. He also writes and illustrates picture books, and among his many titles are the national bestsellers My Garden, Old Bear, A Good Day, and Kitten's First Full Moon, for which he was awarded the Caldecott Medal. Mr. Henkes is also the creator of a series of books starring mouse characters, including Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Lilly's Big Day, Wemberly Worried, Chrysanthemum, and Owen, for which he was awarded a Caldecott Honor.
Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin.
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