Hibernation Station - Hardcover

Meadows, Michelle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1416937889 ISBN 13: 9781416937883

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2010

Synopsis

Everybody at the station! It’s time for winter hibernation! The sweet rhyming text of this book will calm even the most rambunctious kids and have them dreaming about what it’s like to hibernate. Young readers will be soothed and delighted as this story introduces them to different types of hibernating animals. The creatures on the train are preparing to snuggle into sleep, although with a passenger list that includes chipmunks, bears, snakes, hedgehogs, groundhogs, frogs, turtles, mice, bats, and more, there’s a lot of noise! Will the hibernating critters ever get to sleep? Take a trip to Hibernation Station to find out!

About this title

About the Author

Michelle Meadows is the author of Itsy Bitsy Baby Mouse, Traffic Pups, Pilot Pups, Piggies in the Kitchen, Piggies in Pajamas, Hibernation Station, and The Way the Storm Stops. She lives near the beach in Delaware.

Kurt Cyrus has illustrated numerous acclaimed picture books celebrating the natural world, including What in the World?: Numbers in Nature by Nancy Raines Day; Mammoths on the Move by Lisa Wheeler; and his own Tadpole Rex and The Voyage of Turtle Rex. His art also appears in the middle grade series Pals in Peril by M.T. Anderson. Kurt lives with his wife in McMinnville, Oregon. Visit him at KurtCyrus.com.

Reviews

PreSchool-Grade 2 The hibernation train, fashioned of hollow logs, is filled with all sorts of animals, including bears, snakes, chipmunks, frogs, skunks, hedgehogs, and mice. On its way to the station, it hits a few snags crowded conditions, leakage from a stream, and a lack of snacks and pillows. As the snow falls heavier and heavier, the bears in charge manage to get everyone squared away just as the train enters hibernation station. The track is made of tree branches, and the season is clearly heading from fall into winter. The enjoyable rhyming text provides the perfect platform for the wonderful illustrations that accompany it. Cyrus blends realistic depictions of the animals with just the right anthropomorphic touches they are all clad in pajamas. The best example is the snails complete with slime trails wearing pj's, while the snakes slithering in their nightwear is quite amusing. An author's note on hibernation is included. Good for storytime or one-on-one reading. Catherine Callegari, Gay-Kimball Library, Troy, NH
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This colorful picture book imagines hibernation as a train of hollow logs that runs through the forest on tracks of sticks and gathers all the animals for their winter sleep. Big and small, pajama-clad critters carry their bedding into the logs and make themselves comfy, while two bears, the train’s engineer and conductor, respond to a variety of complaints and technical difficulties. Eventually, as snow begins to fall, the animals settle down and fall asleep. Written in rhymed couplets, the text tells the story in a satisfying way and sets a good pace for young children. The fanciful illustrations, pencil drawings with digitally added colors and textures, vary in their effectiveness, but the best are excellent, and Cyrus’ portrayal of the sleepy animals is completely charming. In an appended note, Meadows discusses hibernation, “deep sleepers,” and “light sleepers.” Teachers looking for books on hibernation will find this an engaging, fanciful read-aloud choice for their classrooms. Preschool-Grade 2. --Carolyn Phelan

Edition details

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1416937889
• ISBN 13: 9781416937883
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Cyrus Kurt
• Number of pages: 40