Sleepy Bears
AuthorMem Fox
IllustratorKerry Argent
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book, poetry
Published1999 (Pan Macmillan)
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages32 (unpaginated)
ISBN9780732909802
OCLC222315418

Sleepy Bears is a 1999 children's picture book by Mem Fox. It is about a bear preparing her family of six baby bears for hibernation.

Reception

In a review of Sleepy Bears, Booklist wrote: "As in Koala Lou (1988), Fox depicts the comfort and security of family without ever resorting to the syrup of many "I love you" books for preschoolers".[1] School Library Journal called it a cleverly written bedtime book,[1] while Kirkus Reviews found it "a bewitching collection of sleepy time rhymes".[2]

Sleepy Bears has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,[3] Reading Time,[4] and Australia's Parents.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Sleepy bears". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  2. "Sleepy Bears". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 August 1999. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  3. "Sleepy Bears". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 16 August 1999. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  4. "Picture Books". Reading Time. Children's Book Council of Australia. 43 (4): 18. November 1999. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  5. "Storybooks". Australia's Parents (113): 23. October 1999. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
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