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Rueda, Claudia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0888999917 ISBN 13: 9780888999917

Publisher: Groundwood Books, 2010

Synopsis

It's winter and little bear doesn't want to go to sleep. He's sure he won't get cold outside. He doesn't mind how long the winter is, how deep the snow might get or how hard the wind might blow. Until, that is, he finds himself all alone in a snowstorm. After a few panicky moments, he finds his mother again. "Mamma, I'm back," he says. "Winter is very long and you might get lonely."

Claudia Rueda's classic picture-book illustrations, with their simple strong lines and shapes, show a very determined little bear and his mother in an increasingly snowy landscape. Little bear is a character that children everywhere will identify with.

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About the Authors

CLAUDIA RUEDA's picture books include My Little Polar Bear (Oppenheim Platinum Award, NYC Society of Illustrators Original Art Show selection), Let's Play in the Forest (National Parenting Publications Award, Colombian IBBY Honor List) and Nacho and Lolita by Pam Munoz Ryan (Child magazine Best Children's Books List, NYC Society of Illustrators Original Art Show selection). Her picture books have been published in Mexico, Spain and the US and translations have been published in Asia and Europe. Claudia has also worked as a political cartoonist and has written educational books for UNICEF. She lives with her family in Bogota, Colombia.

ELISA AMADO is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written My Friend (Mi amiga), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano; Un Barrilete para el Día de los Muertos / Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead; Cousins (Primas), illustrated by Luis Garay; and Tricycle (El triciclo), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, which is on the Américas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. She lives in Toronto.

Reviews

PreS-K–Little bear doesn't want to hibernate. His mother gives many reasons why it's time to go to sleep–winter is very long, the wind will blow hard, and the snow will be deep–but cub has a counterpoint for every argument. "‘You'll freeze out here,' said mother bear./‘I'm not cold,' said little bear." "‘There's no food to eat,' said mother bear./‘I saved some berries,' said little bear." When the cub finds himself alone in a storm, he realizes that maybe staying out in the cold by himself wasn't the best idea. Spare illustrations with strong lines and shapes pleasantly portray this simple story. Three wordless spreads depict little bear's time alone in the increasingly snowy landscape. Sure to be a crowd pleaser.Sarah Polace, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma, OH
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*Starred Review* There are many books about children (in the guise of animal surrogates) looking for ways to avoid going to bed. This is a particularly lovely one, because of the thoughtfully styled artwork, which was computer generated but resembles cut paper. The little bear doesn’t want to go to sleep, and, of course, in his case, it’s a long one. He follows his mother through the woods as snow begins to fall lightly, and he has an answer for every point she tries to make. There’s no food? He’s saved berries. The wind will blow hard? He’s very strong. By now, the snow is falling heavily, covering the ground in drifts. “The snow will be deep.” “I love the snow.” So the little bear happily wanders away; then, in several wordless spreads, he builds a snowman, but soon the rising wind and snow blow it away. Uh-oh. With simple shapes and just a few colors—gray for the bears, amber for the trees, blue for the sky, and, of course, white, white, white for the snow—Rueda creates a soft world that is so quiet the short text seems almost an intrusion. Getting right to the heart of a child’s inner life, this is a little gem. Preschool. --Ilene Cooper

Edition details

• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0888999917
• ISBN 13: 9780888999917
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 44