
Bear Stays Up For Christmas
By Karma Wilson
Illustrated by Jane Chapman
Simon and Schuster 2004
Bears hibernate through the winter, but this Bear wants to stay awake so that he wonʼt miss Christmas! His friends try and help, but then they all fall asleep instead…

This is a book that we still read at home every year in the long build up to Christmas. Itʼs one to read around the fire with just-bathed children, and delicious smells coming from the kitchen. Aaah!
New York Times bestseller
Shortlisted - Sheffield Children's Book Award 2002
Text © 2004 by Karma Wilson. Illustrations © 2004 by Jane Chapman
Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Simon and Schuster