Whoopee! Jesse and Becky are going camping with Dad. They've never done this before, so they're excited--but a little scared, too. After pitching their tent, Dad and the kids hike along the shore of sparkling Black Bear Lake and Dad points out some woodland neighbors. Look, here's a frog, and those are barn swallows, and over there is a red squirrel. Jesse and Becky are having a great time, but as night falls and the woods grow dark, a ghostly "hoohoo-hoohoo....hoohoo-hoohooaw "fills the air. What can that be--a black bear? With its lively text and exuberant illustrations, "Bear Hug "celebrates a special outing shared by children and their father. Youngsters will enjoy taking this energized nature walk again and again.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Boyds Mills Press .

Laurence Pringle is the respected author of more than ninety books for children and young adults. He lives in West Nyack, New York. Kate Salley Palmer is a children's author and illustrator as well as a political cartoonist. She lives in Clemson, South Carolina.