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Binding: HardcoverEAN: 9781416958963 ISBN: 1416958967 Label: Margaret K. McElderry Manufacturer: Margaret K. McElderry Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 40 Publication Date: October 07, 2008 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Studio: Margaret K. McElderry Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: "The day before Christmas, snuggled on his floor, Bear sleeps soundly with a great big snore...." Bear's friends are determined to keep Bear awake for Christmas! So they wake Bear up and have him help them find a Christmas tree, bake cakes, hang up stockings, and sing Christmas songs. Bear stays up -- by discovering that giving is one of the best Christmas presents! How a SURPRISE visit from someone very special gives Bear and his friends a Christmas to remember makes an enchanting holiday story for young readers. With Karma Wilson's memorable text and Jane Chapman's glowing illustrations, Bear Stays Up for Christmas is a book to cherish throughout the year. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Whimsical holiday treatWhat a fantastically adorable book! I'm not familiar with too many of Karma Wilson's stuff, but this just fit the niche for a Christmas story about big and loveable woodland creatures. The illustrations are bright and warm despite the winter setting and Wilson's rhymes are enchanting and surprisingly one of the few repetitive rhymes my class could stand. Rating:  - Wouldn't we prefer that he went to bed early?Bear Stays Up For Christmas is a passable but ordinary book for young children. The "plot" concerns a bear who is wakened from hibernation by his forest friends, who don't want him to miss Christmas. The bear is sleepy, but - the book keeps reiterating - stays up. In fact, eventually the bear outlasts his friends, stays up ALL night, and provides some surprises for them. We expect children's books to be cutesy, and this one is...the art is cutesy too, and not terribly original. I suppose ... Read More Rating: - Sweet & Charming Christmas taleBear and his woodland friends celebrate Christmas the old fashioned way, snuggling in and just enjoying each other's company. Bear doesn't want to be hibernating through the holiday- he wants to spend it with his friends. This one is on our holiday bookshelf. My kids just love it! Mommy's High Heel Shoes Rating: - Simply Delighftul!This book is magnificent for toddlers! I have a hyperactive three year old who not only stays seated the entire time I read this book, he wanted to get involved with the storyline (act like the bear and get sleepy) futhermore he also requested me to read it 2 more times afterward! The pages are filled with oversized pictures/ drawings of Bear and his forest friends (more pictures than words), the type is easy to read even when there is little light, the storyline is simple and flowing with rhymes, the ... Read More Rating:  - Still sweetMy five year old enjoyed this, but I found that I should have left it at "Bear Snores On". Just a bit too similar. Love the illustrations though! 
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