| Bear Stays Up for Christmas | 
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| Author: Karma Wilson
Creator: Jane Chapman
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
Category: Book
List Price: $9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  76 reviews
Sales Rank: 1070
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 40
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 7.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 1416958967
EAN: 9781416958963
ASIN: 1416958967
Publication Date: October 7, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: no dj,cover and binding slightly worn,no bend in binding,pages clean
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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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 71 more reviews...
 Still sweet November 22, 2008
My 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!
Grows on you November 14, 2008
I did not like this book the first time I read through it. But the first time I read it to my son, he liked it and I liked it better than I had the first time through. He's had me read it to him several times now, and the book has really grown on me.
It's a quiet little holiday tale with some very good illustrations (of the animals--Santa Claus looks a little odd) and it evokes a warm Christmas spirit. There's nothing groundbreaking or new here, but that's okay--for Christmas, a traditional little tale works best.
I may look up more of Karma Wilson's "Bear" books, if my son keeps asking me to read this one!
 Adorable story! November 13, 2008
Very cute book. Love the illustrations, and the story is great. Basically, Bear is hibernating, but his animal friends wake him up so he won't miss Christmas this year. He has trouble staying awake, but his friends keep him up with preparations for the big day. On Christmas eve, the animal friends all fall asleep, and Bear stays awake to make Christmas presents for his friends as a surprise. But the real surprise is Santa's visit (Bear doesn't see him, though), and a nice gift Santa left for Bear. After Christmas, Bear goes back to sleep, quite content, as his friends slip away quietly. Cute rhyming story, very entertaining. We've enjoyed other "Bear" stories, and this one is just as cute as the others. Well done.
Bear Stayed Up! November 7, 2008
"Bear Stays Up" is such a cute book. We first open with a bear who always misses Christmas while his woodland friends share their memories. Bear decides to stay up. We follow Bear while he struggles with sleep and then through to his excitement of his first real Christmas. The kids loved this book and we will definitely be reading this one over the holidays! It's cute, sweet and light hearted, a definite read and share with the kiddo's!
cozy christmas story October 30, 2008
This is a smallish, hardcover, jacket-less version suitable for little kids - no jacket to tear, no big pages that are hard to turn and easy to rip.
The story is heartwarmingly cute. It's told in rhyme similar (not identical) to Twas the Night Before Xmas style, like the earlier Bear stories - this time, the stanzas are occasionally punctuated by "But the bear stays up."
Bear's natural urge is to hibernate, but the other woodland animals want him to join their Christmas fun. The animals wake Bear and he gamely drags himself through the day, carrying home a Xmas tree, nearly falling asleep while stringing popcorn, singing in the firelight, and by the end of Xmas eve, bear is joyously wide awake while it's the other animals who have fallen asleep. He plays Santa -- but so does Santa. In the end, "When all gifts are opened, / there's one last surprise. / Badger shows Bear / a quilt just his size." And to sleep Bear goes.
A perfect snuggle-up read, warmly illustrated (big furry happy bear in glowing firelight in a cave) for younger kids (4-7ish) and even older ones will like it, though they won't admit it.
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