This book is from our "First Facts" series and introduces our youngest readers to hibernation. How can bears and other animals sleep all winter long without eating or drinking anything for months? Just before they go to sleep they eat and eat and eat! When the food runs low and the days get shorter they hibernate for the long cold winter. Do all animals hibernate? No, some bury their food to help them in the winter, some migrate to warmer places. This book includes short "Did You Know?" facts like, Did you know? Black bears gain up to 30 pounds (14 kilograms) of fat each week as they get ready to hibernate. Check out Why Do Bears Sleep all Winter?
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Why Do Bears Sleep all Winter? A Book about Hibernation by Mary Englar
This book is from our "First Facts" series and introduces our youngest readers to hibernation. How can bears and other animals sleep all winter long without eating or drinking anything for months? Just before they go to sleep they eat and eat and eat! When the food runs low and the days get shorter they hibernate for the long cold winter. Do all animals hibernate? No, some bury their food to help them in the winter, some migrate to warmer places. This book includes short "Did You Know?" facts like, Did you know? Black bears gain up to 30 pounds (14 kilograms) of fat each week as they get ready to hibernate. Check out Why Do Bears Sleep all Winter?
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