The Winter Visitors

What happens when we close up our summer homes and leave them for the winter? Do they just sit there, quiet and empty, until we return again? That is decidedly not the case in Karel Hayes’ enchanting picture book, The Winter Visitors. Here, bears move into lakeside home and spend the winter merrymaking while the summer people are away. In a book that will inspire giggles galore and much pointing of little ones’ fingers at favorite pictures, author and illustrator Hayes...
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What happens when we close up our summer homes and leave them for the winter? Do they just sit there, quiet and empty, until we return again? That is decidedly not the case in Karel Hayes’ enchanting picture book, The Winter Visitors. Here, bears move into lakeside home and spend the winter merrymaking while the summer people are away. In a book that will inspire giggles galore and much pointing of little ones’ fingers at favorite pictures, author and illustrator Hayes relies on few words and numerous delightfully detailed illustrations to portray the bears’ many happy activities.