"Bär hat die besten Freunde der Welt! Und weil das so ist, helfen sie ihm auch, wenn er mal krank ist, den Heimweg nicht mehr findet, für alle ein Fest geben will oder ihn nach dem Winterschlaf schrecklicher Hunger plagt. Und der starke Bär? Der ist natürlich auch immer für seine Freunde da. Als sie in der Eule einen neuen Freund finden, ist er überglücklich. Denn eines weiß Bär ganz genau: Gemeinsam ist man am allerstärksten!"
"Award-winning Karma Wilson, author of Bear Snores On, has created the delightful Hilda Hippo-a hippo who loves to dance despite all the noise she makes while doing so. It's just that the Ka-bump! Ka-bump! Crash! Crash! Crash! noises disturb her jungle friends. Maybe Hilda could take up knitting? But knitting doesn't quite suit the would-be ballerina. Perhaps she and her friends can find some sort of compromise!"
"New York Times best-selling children's author Karma Wilson has won many prizes such as the National Parenting Publications Children's Resource Gold Award. Her story Bear Wants More is a Children's Book-of-the-Month Club Featured Selection. It's springtime and Bear is waking up from his winter nap. He hasn't had any food in a long time. Bear is HUNGRY! John McDonough's exuberant narration will be loved by all young listeners hungry for a good story."
"Acclaimed author Karma Wilson tells a festive story about friendship and helping others when they are sad in this Children's Book-of-the-Month Club Featured Selection. Bear is snuggled in his cave for the winter. He sleeps all day and all night. The cold wind can't even wake him up. He just snores on. Then, one day, something unexpected happens, and he is woken up. John McDonough's playful narration helps listeners become involved in these woodland creatures' activities."
"Talented author and illustrator Wong Herbert Yee is the recipient of a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor. Mouse and Mole can hardly contain their excitement when they hear the beloved magician Minkus the Magnificent is in town. But at the show, something goes wrong-and Mole discovers that what seems to be magic, really isn't. Mouse must figure out how to show her friend that real magic is all around them-even in the friendship they share. 'Yee portrays Mole's vulnerability and Mouse's pragmatism with great sensitivity and humor.'-School Library Journal, starred review"