Bear Stays Up for Christmas
by Karma Wilson
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Author: Karma WilsonIllustrator: Jane Chapman
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-10-05
ISBN: 0689852789
Number of pages: 40
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
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Book Review: Wouldn't we prefer that he went to bed early?
Summary: 3 Stars
Bear Stays Up For Christmas is a passable but ordinary book for young children. The "plot" concerns a bear who is wakened from hibernation by his forest friends, who don't want him to miss Christmas. The bear is sleepy, but - the book keeps reiterating - stays up. In fact, eventually the bear outlasts his friends, stays up ALL night, and provides some surprises for them.
We expect children's books to be cutesy, and this one is...the art is cutesy too, and not terribly original. I suppose it's hard for any of us (I am of the grandma generation) to see a disparate group of cartoon forest animals and not be reminded of the Disney versions of Snow White and Bambi. Fortunately, the drawing style used in "Bear" is not particularly Disneyesque -- but it is not very compelling nor special either.
As a parent and grandparent, I have to ask the question: Why focus kids' attention on a creature staying up all night on Christmas Eve? Don't parents want the kids to conk out around eight so they can um, greet Santa and then relax themselves? For me this is a real headscratcher.
The religious quotient is very low in this book, in case anyone is wondering about that -- I don't really care, just thought I'd mention it.
Wonderful children's books for Christmas include Carl's Christmas by Alexandra Day and On Christmas Eve by Peter Collington. I think both of these are out of print, though.
I will take "Bear Stays Up" to my granddaughters, age 3 and 4, and read it to them - AFTER Christmas, when they may be less tempted to copy Bear's trick!
Summary of Bear Stays Up for Christmas
Bear's friends awaken him the day before Christmas and help him to stay awake as they bake fruitcakes, fill stockings, and sing carols, then, while they sleep, he prepares his own surprise.Bedtime & Dreaming Books
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