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Winter Sleep: A Hibernation Story

by Sean Taylor

A winter story with a nature guide tucked inside

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A winter story with a nature guide tucked inside

A child and his grandma explore a snowy forest, where cutaway scenes reveal animals resting in dens and hollow trees. The picture-book story introduces hibernation through the contrast between the quiet winter landscape and the hidden activity beneath it. At the end, annotated illustrations add factual information about the animals’ hibernation habits and what they do when spring arrives, linking the story to a simple natural-history introduction.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 interested in animals and the natural world
  • Families looking for a bedtime picture book with an informational component
  • Young readers beginning to learn about hibernation

Themes

HibernationWinter habitatsAnimal behaviorFamily exploration

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Book overview

In this cozy bedtime story, follow a child and his grandma through a winter landscape to explore how the Earth goes to sleep for winter.

Spot the sleeping animals as the tale unfolds, then learn about their hibernation habits from the information pages at the end.

Co-authors Sean Taylor (picture book author) and Alex Morss (ecologist, journalist, and educator) offer a gentle introduction to the concept of hibernation. In the frosty, quiet forest, the snow blankets the ground and the trees have shed their leaves. Where have all the animals gone? Are they asleep too?

In each cutaway scene, see what the child cannot--that underground below his feet are dens with sleeping creatures, and within the hollow trunks of trees, animals are nesting. After the story, annotated illustrations explain the hibernation facts for each animal and what they will do when they wake up for spring.

Cozy up as you expand your and your child's knowledge of the natural world.
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