Bear bedtime stories
Orson’s last blackberry keeps rolling into the spot where his nose should go. Bracken tries to pack the bell, brush, and counting pebbles after his first day of woodland school. When drizzle spoils Bertie’s birthday swim, a washbasin becomes a lake for his friends. Choose a tiny leaf pillow, a day worth retelling, or a birthday lake beneath a fir tree.
Recorded narration 1:31
A blackberry keeps finding its way into Orson’s leaf bed. Before his first winter sleep, the little bear invents a pillow, a wall, and one last place to look.
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“For his first winter sleep, Orson piled leaves into a bed. Pat, pat. Fluff, fluff. His round…”
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Bracken tries to pack his first day of woodland school, bell and paintbrush included. With Teacher Owl’s guidance, he keeps the day by tapping his paw and retelling its stories, with a tiny door to wonder about tomorrow.
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“On the first day of woodland school, Bracken painted a beetle, learned a hopping game, and l…”
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Bertie the bear makes a washbasin lake when cold drizzle spoils his birthday swim. A leaf boat circles an upside-down umbrella, and the friends choose another splash even when the big pond warms up.
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“On Bertie's birthday, cold drizzle plinked into the swimming pond. Too chilly for a swim! Be…”
Orson’s five-page winter-sleep story suits a listener around four. He makes a pillow for the berry, finds it beneath his paw, and finally eats it before burrowing into the leaves; his tummy supplies the last joke. Bracken’s six-page woodland school story suits read-aloud time around four through six, especially five. With Teacher Owl’s guidance, he taps his paw and retells the day, leaving the bell, brush, leaf, and pebbles at school; tomorrow’s tiny door keeps him grinning. Bertie’s five-page birthday story suits a listener around three through five, especially four and five. The friends turn a spill into a splashy game, and they choose their little basin lake even when the big pond grows warm. Orson settles into his leaf bed; Bracken looks forward to tomorrow; Bertie’s friends call for another splash.
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A bear cub plans a birthday swim, then turns a rain-filled washbasin into a tiny lake for friends with a flipper, a leaf boat, and an upside-down umbrella.Want to make one of your own? Start with an idea and read the story before signup.