Old Bear - Kevin Henkes

For: Very young kids
Published: 2008
Rating: 4.5/5
Read: Sept. 13, 2008
Endpapers: Brown on brown leaves in the front and purple on lilac flowers in the back.

Thick lines frame each illustrations, which sit on pages of creamy ivory.

As an old brown bear hibernates in the winter, he dreams of his childhood in spring, summer, fall, and then winter. Each of his dreams are drawn in different color schemes. The winter dream is done mostly in blues with sparkling colors surrounding the sun in the sky. It's really pretty. And when Old Bear awakens from his sleep, he walks out of his cave into the scene from his spring dream, now real.