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    The Bear in the Book
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    The Bear in the Book

    By Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben

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    Kate Banks's soft and rhythmic text is brought to life by Georg Hallensleben's strong, expressive paintings in this bedtime read that will carry young readers through the seasons.

    It's time for bed, and a little boy chooses his favorite book for his mother to read to him. The bear in the book is preparing for his own deep slumber, hibernating through the winter while humans and other animals explore the snowy landscape around him. Just when the bear wakes up to greet the spring, the boy drifts off to sleep.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateOct 16, 2012
    ISBN9781466822429
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    The Bear in the Book
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    Kate Banks

    Kate Banks (1960 – 2024) wrote many books for children, among them Max’s Words, And If the Moon Could Talk, winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and The Night Worker, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award. She grew up in Maine, where she and her two sisters and brother spent a lot of time outdoors, and where Banks developed an early love of reading. Banks attended Wellesley College and received her master's in history at Columbia University. She lived in Rome for eight years and lived in the South of France with her husband and two sons, Peter Anton and Maximilian.

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    • 5/5
      A good go to sleep story
    • 3/5
      A book about a boy and his mother...reading a book! We see the story they are reading is about a hibernating bear and winter activities, but the focus is on the experience of shared reading as mother and son snuggle over the book and talk about the pictures and the story. A great depiction of together quality time and a terrific example of dialogic reading (for all you professionals out there!). Warm, quiet and gentle.
    • 2/5
      Illustrated with lush, impressionistic art, this cozy, tranquil story features a boy, his mother, and his favorite book at bedtime.
    • 4/5
      PSC review: Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben have teamed up for another book that compares the outdoors to the life of a child. This is a perfect bedtime cuddle book. In the story a mom is reading about a bear hibernating to her sleepy son. The two stories juxtapose well, linking the sleepy boy and the sleepy bear. The bright bold swashy pictures liven what could be a very sleepy story. When the bear comes out in the spring, the vivid illustrations help show the bear is ready to start his year. Unfortunately, the little boy is fast asleep getting ready for his next day.