![*Bear in Sunshine* by Stella Blackstone, illustrated by Debbie Harter](images/covers/bearsuns.gif) ![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=cuupwiagobo0e-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1841489239)
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Stella Blackstone's lilting, almost melodic rhyming text and Debbie Harter's curlicued
illustrations adorning each page with whimsy in watercolor, pen and ink, and crayon make Bear in Sunshine a fabulous board book introduction to the seasons - and to the adventures and fun to be had no matter the weather.
The eponymous brown bear of cuddly, comfortingly oversized polar-bear proportions rollicks along to the turn of the seasons' cycle - playing with a toy sailboat in a lively stream when the sun shines, singing in the rain, flying a kite on windy days, skating when it's icy, painting in the mist,
and more.
A four-panel, two-page spread at the end of the book shows
Bear at play in each labeled season. Each depicts the same
background - a hill topped by a small tree - cloaked in the
showers of spring, drenched in summer sun, amid fall's
blowing leaves, and blanketed by winter snows. Small
children will warm immediately to Bear and his
weather-appropriate gamboling, and parents will enjoy equally
narrating his romps.
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