Winter Sleep: A Hibernation Story
<b>In this cozy bedtime story, follow a child and his grandma through a winter landscape to explore how the Earth goes to sleep for winter.</b><br /><br /><b>Spot the sleeping animals</b> as the tale unfolds, then <b>learn about their hibernation habits</b> from the information pages at the end.<br /><br /> Co-authors Sean Taylor (picture book author) and Alex Morss (ecologist, journalist, and educator) offer <b>a gentle introduction to the concept of hibernation</b>. In the frosty, quiet forest, the snow blankets the ground and the trees have shed their leaves. Where have all the animals gone? Are they asleep too?<br /><br /> In <b>each cutaway scene</b>, see what the child cannot—that underground below his feet are <b>dens with sleeping creatures</b>, and <b>within the hollow trunks of trees, animals are nesting</b>. After the story, annotated illustrations explain the <b>hibernation facts for each animal</b> and what they will do when they wake up for spring.<br /><br /> Cozy up as you expand your and your child’s knowledge of the natural world.