Bear stays up for Christmas

Description:

Bear's friends awaken him the day before Christmas and help him to stay awake as they bake fruitcakes, fill stockings, and sing carols; then, while they sleep, he prepares his own surprise.

subjects: Forest animals,  Bears,  Fiction,  Stories in rhyme,  Christmas,  Juvenile fiction,  New York Times reviewed,  Juvenile,  Christmas stories,  Sleep,  Children's fiction,  Bears, fiction,  Christmas, fiction,  Board books,  Sleep, fiction