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A bear awakens from hibernation at the end of winter to eat different things during the spring and summer, only to return to sleep at the end of autumn. --

Describes the process of hibernation and the various ways in which different animals use this process to survive in harsh climates.

Over the snow, the world is hushed and white, but under the snow is a secret world of squirrels and snowshoe hares, bears and bullfrogs, and many others who live outside in the woods during the winter.

One by one, a whole host of different animals and birds find their way out of the cold and into Bear's cave to warm up. But even after the tea has been brewed and the corn has been popped, Bear just snores on! See what happens when he finally wakes up and finds his cave full of uninvited guests -- all of them having a party without him!

"It is spring and Little Red fox is excited to be reunited with his best friend, Hazel, a dormouse who will shortly wake from a long sleep. But over the winter, the fox has made another friend, Brock the badger. Little Red decides revealing the new friendship is not the surprise Hazel will want to wake to, so he delays bringing it up as they resume their games. Bu the fox needs to find a way to introduce the friends while maintaining the special friendship...

After a long winter, the mice Whistler and Lila invite a sleepy bear to have breakfast at the lighthouse, but when he falls asleep in the garden for forty-three days, they realize he might not be done hibernating.

Mrs. Bear plans a surprise Valentine's Day celebration for Mr. Bear despite their usual hibernating habits at that time of year.

Every autumn a bear shows up behind the farm, and goes through a series of routines before finding a den among the hilltop boulders where he sleeps all winter long.

Rhyming text asks what happens to different animals and plants "when winter comes and the cold wind blows."

A dormouse encounters many different animals as she searches for a place to spend the winter.