hibernation

Simple words and colorful pictures explain why animals sleep through the winter using animal characters.

Describes how thirteen northern animal species survive the winter snug in their dens, burrows, nests, and lodges.

Looks at how bats, carp, raccoons, snakes, frogs, gila monsters, squirrels, crocodiles, turtles, and polar bears hibernate.

Illustrations and rhyming text reveal various places in which such animals as chipmunks and bears sleep during the cold and snow of winter.

Describes a variety of animals that protect themselves from the cold by going into different levels of sleep during the winter.

A simple introduction to the habits of a variety of animals, including birds, bats, bears, and frogs, during the winter.

Snow Woman tucks the animals in for the winter.

Explores the practice of hibernation as a means for winter survival, discussing the habits of a variety of animals such as hummingbirds, bats, chipmunks, and rattlesnakes.

When Springtime comes, Bear wakes up very hungry! His friends help him find good things to eat, but will his hunger ever be satisfied?.

Describes the ways animals hibernate during the winter, explaining the difference between true hibernators and light sleepers, and how they wake up in the spring.