Helen Plum Library

When Old Bear falls asleep for the winter, he has a dream that he is a cub again, enjoying each of the four seasons

Just after the first snowfall, Bear is ready to go to sleep until spring but his friends encourage him to spend one last day playing with them

When Little Bear's mother begins to prepare him for winter hibernation, he is sad because he will miss playing with his friends in the snow

A curious young bear, who does not want to miss the delights of winter, skips his first hibernation to play in the snow, glide on the ice, and admire the glittering rows of icicles and snow-covered pine trees

At the end of the day a little boy falls asleep as his mama reads about a bear hibernating

While searching for a new place to hibernate, Bernard the bear disrupts the homes of several forest animals

"Imagine a world where all humans must hibernate through a brutally cold winter, their bodies dangerously close to death as they enter an ultra-low metabolic state of utterly dreamless sleep. All humans, that is, apart from the Winter Consuls, a group of officers who diligently watch over the vulnerable sleeping citizens. Charlie Worthing is a novice, chosen by a highflying hero Winter Consul to accompany him to the Douzey, a remote sector in the...