Are You Sure, Mother Bear? — Amy Hest

Will everything I love still be there when I wake? Mother Bear's absolute reassurance -- and an unexpected outing -- enables a little cub to sleep in a masterful bedtime story.

On the first night of winter, Little Miss Bear will not go to sleep. She simply refuses. "Winter is for sleeping," Mother Bear tells her. "But why, Mother?" Little Miss asks. "Because that's what bears do. All bears sleep, all winter long." All winter long is much too long for Little Miss Bear. She is going to miss her stars and her moon, and she is going to miss rolling on hills. Most of all, she is going to miss Mother Bear. But Mother finds a special way to assure her that they will all be there waiting for her -- the stars, the moon, the hills, and especially Mother Bear -- when she wakes in the spring. From author Amy Hest and artist Lauren Tobia comes a warm and emotionally resonant story that is sure to comfort little bears everywhere.