Merideth says: A cute cumulative story with rhyming text and gentle illustrations. Maybe a tad long for storytime. ( )

This is a great source of fantasy because it talks about how bear hibernates while his friends play in his cave.

The cave as the setting because this is where bears hibernate and the story wouldn't be complete without it.

Media: painting

this story talks about a bear that was sleeping in his cave and the other animals came to protect them selves from the snow in his cave and they made a party while the bear was sleeping and when he woke up he got sad because they didn't share with him and they made a party again for him. ( )

Animals crawl into bear's den to get out of the snowy night ... but what will happen if the wear wakes up? ( )

This book is about a bear that sleeps through the party. The setting is winter and the bear is a sleep in the lair. All the other animals come in the lair and have pop corn, black tea, honey-nuts and stew. The other animals have fun the whole time “the bear snores on”. When the bear finally wakes up he is sad for he wanted to have fun too. The animals made more tea and pop corn then the bear tell tales and all the other animals fall asleep.

The pictures are rich with color. I liked how the author told the setting through the pictures. I also like how the book used the font. You can change you voice to fit the story through the font.

Talk to the kids about the setting of the story, also how it’s winter time. Discuss how bears sleep in the winter time. Ask what they would do, if they were the other animals, when the bear wakes up. ( )