A Bed for the Winter
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Book Overview
A Bed for the Winter is the harrowing story of a little dormouse and his frantic search for a safe place to hibernate. For children who are just beginning to read and who have a limited vocabulary,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0789457067
ISBN13:9780789457066
Release Date:July 2000
Publisher:DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Length:32 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"
Age Range:5 to 7 years
Grade Range:Preschool to Grade 2
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
A real nature story book!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is a fun and educational early reader that children will want to read again and again. A little dormouse is searching for a safe and warm place to spend the winter, and her search lets the reader explore the kinds of homes used by other animals. A cute squirrel, a toad, a huge bear, bunnies, etc., all have a place to bed down. At last, the mouse finds the perfect place! A Bed For Winter has wonderful photos of animals and a picture word list for review. This book is a valuable teaching tool.
Depite Bear on the cover, this is the story of a Dormouse
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Don't be fooled by the bear on the cover--this book is not about a bear getting ready for winter hibernation, though it does mention that in passing. This is the story of a Dormouse looking for a place to spend the winter. She looks in on many other animals getting their animal homes ready for the changing season (burrows and nests and such--a true to life story, not a fantasy tale such as "Peter Rabbit") and has a close encounter with a snake as a cold rain closes in. Not quite as engaging as some of the other titles in the DK Level 1 Readers ("Duckling Days" and "Born to be a Butterfly" come to mind in the animal life category), but still enjoyed. As with others it has words featured in pictures within pictures, and these words also make it into a one-page picture dictionary at the end of the book. A note to the adults making this purchase on the behalf of beginning readers: DK Level 1 Readers are more complex than most other Level 1 readers, featuring multi-syllable words ("dormouse", for example) and complex sentences common to most series' Level 2.
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