Very Hairy Bear by Alice Schertle; Illustrated by Matt Phelan
	List Price:   $16.00 Unit Price:   $12.80 You Save:   $3.20 (20%) ISBN-10:   0152165681 ISBN-13:   9780152165680 Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Harcourt Children's Books Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   September 2007 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover; Cloth over boards Ages:   3 to 7 Grades:   ps to 2
Awards
2005  Beehive Children's Poetry Book Award  Nominee/Honoree  Awar  American Booksellers Book of the Year  Nominee/Honoree  2008  Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
A big, bumbling, loveable bear makes his way through the seasons to a well-deserved winter rest. Season by season, this book leads us through a year in the life of a charming, resourceful, and very hairy bear. All through the year, this shaggy, raggy, rumbly, bumbly bear faces down whatever comes his way: bee stings and scolding squirrels, cold rushing rivers and prickly bushes. And he does it all with a spring in his step and a smile on his face. Theres just one thing he can't abide. Luckily, he knows exactly what to do about it. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Season by season, Alice Schertle and Matt Phelan lead us through a year in the life of a charming, resourceful, and quite hairy bear. Recounts the experiences of a shaggy, 'boulder-big' bear as the four seasons come to the beautiful wood which is his home.