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Bear Stays Up for Christmas

"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.  more

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Dec-14-2008

Whimsical holiday treat

What 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...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Dec-11-2008

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...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Dec-08-2008

Sweet & Charming Christmas tale

Bear 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...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Dec-01-2008

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...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Nov-22-2008

Still sweet

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!

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Nov-14-2008

Grows on you

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...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Nov-13-2008

Adorable story!

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...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Nov-07-2008

Bear Stayed Up!

"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...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Oct-30-2008

cozy christmas story

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 -...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Oct-29-2008

A Fun Read with Cute Pictures

I enjoyed the story of Bear and the friends who help keep him awake for Christmas. Although his friends finally doze off, Bear manages to stay awake all night and even wraps their presents. The photos are really cute, and I like the focus on friendship (even among animals that would not likely...

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