Spring summer fall / All day long / Bears grow big / Bears grow strong But in the fall / When leaves turn red / Bears know soon / It's time for bed Comes winter / Comes snow / Bears are ready / Bears go In their cave / Warm and deep / Winter is time for bears to sleep David Martin's lilting read-aloud text combines with Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher's exquisite paintings to make a picture book that is as beautiful as it is informative. A final spread provides many facts about bears to answer all the questions young readers will have about these fascinating animal friends.

Author Biography

David Martin is the author of many picture books and easy-to-read books. He lives in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. For many years he and his wife and daughter lived in a house in the woods that he built himself; there he was able to observe the natural world at first hand. Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher have illustrated more than fifty books together. They are enormously versatile artists who enjoy finding the perfect style for a variety of texts. They live in California.