Scholastic Reader Level 2: Wake Me in Spring!

by James Preller, Jeffrey Scherer (Illustrator)

Bear is getting very sleepy. But Mouse thinks Bear should stay awake for winter!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Fiction, Nature, 1st Grade

32 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1994

About the author

James Preller (born 1961) is the children's book author of the Jigsaw Jones Mysteries, which are published by Scholastic Corporation. He grew up in Wantagh, New York and went to college in Oneonta, New York. After graduating from college in 1983, James Preller was employed as a waiter for one year before being hired as a copywriter by Scholastic Corporation, where he was introduced (through their books) to many noatable children's authors. This inspired James Preller to try writing his own books. James Preller published his first book, entitled MAXX TRAX: Avalanche Rescue, in 1986. Since that time, James Preller has written a variety of books, and has written under a number of pen names, including Mitzy Kafka, James Patrick, and Izzy Bonkers. James Preller lives in Delmar, New York with his wife Lisa and their three children.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesp...

Reviews

[Sean Harding · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bear needs to hibernate, and Mouse tries to get him to stay, and so the story gores.
The message is bear does need to hibernate he won't stop doing that, he will miss his friend but he has to do what he has to do,
Sometimes you need to do things even if that means being absent from your friend, it doesn't mean you can't be friends it just means that there are things you need to do.
A well crafted little story with lesson to remember.

[Meghen · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this book, we meet Bear and his friend, Mouse. Bear wants to sleep because it is so cold and Mouse is hurt because wants to play in the snow with his friend.

"'My little friend,' Bear explained, 'please understand. a bear needs to sleep all winter long.'"

This is a lovely story, intended for children in kindergarten through second grade about activities to do during the winter and it validates one's feelings about missing a friend.

[Paige]

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[Natasha Allday · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really sweet, my son loved this story, lovely bedtime read.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

A sweet, age-appropriate book for my three year olds. It sparked great conversation about both hibernation and feelings.

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super cute book

[Beverlee Jobrack · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet.

[Teddie Trombley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about a bear and a mouse that are friends. The mouse starts saying how it is starting to get cold and the bear starts yawning and saying how he can feel that winter is now approaching. Bear gets up and says goodnight to the mouse and how he is going to sleep the whole winter and the mouse didn’t understand. He was so bummed because bear would miss out on all the fun winter activities. Mouse brings up that Bear is going to miss sleigh rides in the snow, hot chocolate in a steaming cups, ice skating on a frozen lake, and snowmen with carrot noises, but all bear keeps saying is that he doesn’t care and all bear wants to do is sleep. Then Bear explains to mouse that bears have to sleep all winter long but told mouse to wake him up in the spring time when the flowers start blooming.

[Leah Puckett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wake Me up in Spring is a delightful little book to read to young children. The interaction between two friends, a bear and a mouse, takes the sadness of being separated from a good friend and then joy of reuniting in a very simple and sweet way. You could also introduce the vocab word hibernate.




Learning Experience:
I would read the story to the children using a bear and mouse puppet. After the book I would leave the puppets out in the reading center and let the children act out the book using their puppets. Another lesson using the book could be talking about hibernation, introducing the term and what it means, talking about the foods a bear gathers up in preparation for the winter. Ex. Berries, honey nuts, and fish.

[Alicia Evans · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bear is getting ready for winter but his dear friend Mouse doesn't want him to go! The book shows all of the things in winter that Bear will be missing as Mouse tries to get him to stay. The friendship between the mouse and the bear is heartbreakingly beautiful. Truly. It made me quite happy. Also, this is a book that learning readers will easily be able to read themselves which will add confidence.

[Ghislaine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, but not for toddler storytime.

[Marge]

bear hybernates

[Shareena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very caring and uses some onomatopoeia

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book to read with first graders, perhaps in late February. It is easy enough that students could take turns reading a page or two out loud.

[Julia Jasztal · Rating 2 out of 5]

Book-in-Bag ** Scherkenbach Elementary ** 1st Grade
#12

[Deborah Harris]

AR Quiz No. 31726 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP

[Mellanie C · Rating 4 out of 5]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/12682718

[Cws]

JEAR2-Pre

[Alexis Lynch]

Reading Level: 2.6, Guided Reading: J

[Little Champs]

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