Sleepy Bears

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.

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

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. "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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