Sleepover with Beatrice and Bear
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
This delightful story of an irrepressible bunny will engage readers on many levels as it celebrates creativity, making the best of circumstances, and the joy of the changing seasons.
How can two friends share winter when one of them is hibernating? Beatrice and Bear meet one spring day and become best buddies. They play together through summer and fall. Then winter comes and Beatrice can’t find Bear anywhere. She hears he’s gone to hibernate—but where on earth is that? When Beatrice learns that hibernation is not a place and that Bear will be sleeping all winter long, she fears it will be a lonely season . . . unless she comes up with a brilliant plan to share winter with Bear too.
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When Bear goes into hibernation, his best friend, a bunny named Beatrice, figures it's just an extended slumber party and eagerly joins him until she realizes that his kind of slumbering is out of her league. (The scenes in which the bunny tries her best to sleep like a log should resonate with temporary insomniacs.) "Winter is ruined!" Beatrice says, sounding very much a petulant human child or an adult's inner child. But with wise counsel and help from a squirrel, Beatrice realizes she can share winter with her friend (who, after all, has never experienced the season) by documenting all the ways she enjoys it. Carnesi (Little Dog Lost) is one of those authors who make storytelling appear effortless and intuitive while conveying a wealth of empathy, personality, and humor. There isn't a wasted word in her text, and the watercolors brim with good will and just a touch of silliness. Her take on maintaining connection in the face of separation feels both timeless and very much of the moment. Ages 3 6.