Move Over, Goldilocks! Bears in Beds by Shirley Parenteau

FIVE EMPTY BEDS
ARE WAITING THERE.
IT'S TIME TO SLEEP.
WHERE ARE THE BEARS?

It's almost bedtime, and Big Brown Bear is ready to curl up in his big warm, cozy bed. But first, like any parent, he's got to make sure the little ones are tucked in and drifting off to dreamland. Each of the four baby bears, Fuzzy, Yellow, Floppy, and Calico, turn in in their own inimitable ways, Big Brown Bear tucks them in and blows them a kiss, turns out the light, and finally hits the hay himself.

WHOOOOOSH! GOES A SOUND
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!
BIG BROWN BEAR
WAKES UP IN A FRIGHT.

And the four little bears are wide awake in a trice. There are scary sounds outside as a stormy wind swirls around the house, crying and prying at the windows. One by one those four little beds are emptied as the little ones join Big Brown Bear in his big bed. Does Big Brown Bear growl at his cubs and make scarier noises than even the storm?

HE READS THEM A STORY
ABOUT THREE BEARS
AND A PESKY GIRL
WITH GOLDEN HAIR.

Those four personable little bears from Bears on Chairs are back in Shirley Parenteau's and David Walker's just-published Bears in Beds (Candlewick Press, 2012), in a bear-y warm and fuzzy bedtime adventure that ends properly, as all bedtime stories must, with four well-soothed little bears snoozing, and Papa finally getting some ZZZs as well.