Sandra Markle
Hush Up and Hibernate
Stealth Science
Why this book counts
- Life Science
- Environment & Ecology
- Nature Narrative / Field Discovery
- Story / Adventure
Hush Up and Hibernate turns a black bear cub's bedtime stalling into a seasonal argument with Mama Bear as leaves fall, wind cools, and geese depart. Facts about preparation and hibernating animals are woven through the familiar parent-child comedy instead of separated into a lesson.
The science inside
- Animals & Zoology
- Ecosystems
Your child will meet:
- Seasonal changes in temperature, daylight, food, and animal activity provide cues that winter is approaching.
- Hibernation is a biological strategy that reduces activity and energy use during difficult seasonal conditions.
- Bears, marmots, chipmunks, turtles, and snakes do not all pass winter in exactly the same physiological way.
Use it this way
Parent effort: No prep
2021 Choose to Read Ohio (CTRO) Booklist Selection!
Make bedtime bearable again with Hush Up and Hibernate --now available in paperback!
Leaves are falling; a cold wind is blowing, geese are heading south. Clearly, winter is coming. It's time for black bears to do what they always do this time of year--hibernate. Kids will get a kick out of this romp of a tale about a black bear cub that finds every excuse imaginable to avoid the inevitable go-to-bed moment.
Will Mama Bear finally win?
Or will Baby Bear come up with the ultimate reason to skip going to sleep?
"A lot of fun!" -- KIRKUS REVIEWS
"Parents who struggle to get toddlers into bed will certainly appreciate poor Mama Bear's efforts to get Baby Bear ready to hibernate... Facts are seamlessly woven... as Baby runs through a litany of delay tactics." -- BOOKLIST
"This award-winning author has a knack for using simple, fictional stories to keep the attention of young readers while slyly delivering facts about nonhuman animals...a lot of fun." -- KIRKUS REVIEWS
STEM-based backmatter includes activities and Hibernating animals.
Bears Yellow-Bellied Marmot Chipmunk Snapping Turtle Garter Snake
About the Hush Up Series
As natural as spring follows winter, children test limits. While children try to become independent, their words and behavior often say 'no.' Your child won't go to bed, doesn't go along for the ride, or may have a range of mealtime and other routine behaviors.
The Hush Up Series gives parents and children a chance to laugh at themselves through the universal parent/child struggles while learning a thing or two about our natural world along the way.
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