95 // Bear has a Story to Tell / Philip C. Stead, Ill. Erin E. Stead

Bear has a Story to Tell / Philip C. Stead, Ill. Erin E. Stead

• Roaring Brook Press

• 2012

• It was almost winter and Bear was getting sleepy.

But first, Bear had a story to tell...

Bear found his friend Mouse, but Mouse was busy gathering seeds and didn't have time to listen to a story. Then Bear saw his friend Duck, but Duck was getting ready to fly south. What about his friend Toad? He was busy looking for a warm place to sleep. By the time Bear was through helping his friends get ready for winter, would anyone still be awake to hear his story? - From Amazon

• Hibernation - Animals Preparing for winter

• Erin Stead's soft paintings are so lovely! I loved the pattern of the story as well as bear walks along (increasingly sleepy), meeting an animal, helping them, and saying goodbye. The ending making it be that the book we hold is the bear's story itself is a nice circular touch.