The Bear

Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant brings the peaceful sounds,sightsand characters of the coast vividly to life in the eighth book of the Lighthouse Family seriesin which the family meets a bear who has just woken up from hibernation! After a long winter cooped up in the lighthouseWhistler and Lila are excited to go outside and explore. In the forestthey see some frosty vapor rising from a hole in the roots of a tree. They investigate and discover that it is a hibernating bear. The mouse children wait patiently for the bear to wake up and when he doesthey invite him for breakfast at the lighthouse. But their new friend might not be quite done hibernating…