Sleepy Bears

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Sleepy Bears
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Author Mem Fox
Illustrator Kerry Argent
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book, poetry
Published1999 (Pan Macmillan)
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages32 (unpaginated)
ISBN 9780732909802
OCLC 222315418

Sleepy Bears is a 1999 children's picture book by Mem Fox. [1] It is about a bear preparing her family of six baby bears for hibernation.

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Reception

In a review of Sleepy Bears, Booklist wrote: "As in Koala Lou (1988), Fox depicts the comfort and security of family without ever resorting to the syrup of many "I love you" books for preschoolers". [2] School Library Journal called it a cleverly written bedtime book, [2] while Kirkus Reviews found it "a bewitching collection of sleepy time rhymes". [3]

Sleepy Bears has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly . [4]

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References

  1. "Sleepy Bears by Mem Fox". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Sleepy bears". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  3. "Sleepy Bears". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 August 1999. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  4. "Sleepy Bears". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 16 August 1999. Retrieved 5 December 2016.