Hibernation Station

Everybody at the station! Its time for winter hibernation! The sweet rhyming text of this book will calm even the most rambunctious kids and have them dreaming about what its like to hibernate. Young readers will be soothed and delighted as this story introduces them to different types of hibernating animals. The creatures on the train are preparing to snuggle into sleep, although with a passenger list that includes chipmunks, bears, snakes, hedgehogs, groundhogs, frogs, turtles, mice, bats, and more, theres a lot of noise! Will the hibernating critters ever get to sleep? Take a trip to Hibernation Station to find out!

"In Meadows's (Pilot Pups) imaginative spin on hibernation, a menagerie prepares for winter as golden leaves give way to snowfall. A bear wearing a conductor's cap and train-themed pajamas hands out pillows to animals as they climb aboard a train fashioned from hollowed logs. 'Groundhogs, turtles, snakes, and frogs./ Slipping into holes and logs./ Fluff the pillows, snuggle in./ But then... commotion in a den!/ ‘I cannot sleep!' a black bear roars./ ‘My roommate rolls around and snores!' ' Chipmunks spill a drink and a frog is afraid to be alone--but all finally fall asleep as the ursine crew soon gets everyone in order. Creatively balancing the real and the fanciful, Cyrus's (Pest Fest) digitally colored art is completely enchanting. Reminiscent of some of Jan Brett's creations, the animals are rendered at close range and in meticulous detail; their festive pajamas add a whimsical flourish (snakes and slugs in pjs--who can resist?). The overall coziness should get readers in the mood for some overnight hibernation of their own. Ages 3 — 7. (Aug.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright PWyxz LLC)

It's off to bed...for the whole winter Join all the animals on their journey to hibernation

Everybody to the station! Time for hibernation! With room for all kinds of critters from big burly bears and clamoring chipmunks to grumpy groundhogs and fidgety frogs, this train is filled to capacity and ready to go! Full color.

EVERYBODY TO THE STATION!

TIME FOR WINTER HIBERNATION!

With room for all kinds of critters from big burly bears and clamoring chipmunks to grumpy groundhogs and f idgety frogs, this train is f illed to capacity and ready to go!

The final destination?

SLEEP!

MICHELLE MEADOWS is the author of Pilot Pups and Hibernation Station. She is also the author of The Way the Storm Stops, published by Henry Holt & Co. Meadows lives in Silver Springs, MD. Kurt Cyrus has illustrated numerous picture books, including Buddy: The Story of Buddy Holly by Anne Bustard (Paula Wiseman Books, Mammoths on the Move by Lisa Wheeler, and his own Turtle Rex and Hotel Deep: Light Verse from Dark Water. He lives in Cottage Grove, Oregon.