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Hush Up and Hibernate (Hush Up, 1) Hardcover – Picture Book, August 27, 2018

by Sandra Markle (Author), Howard McWilliam (Illustrator)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 65 ratings
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Make bedtime bearable again with Hush Up and Hibernate―now available in paperback!

Leaves are falling; a cold wind is blowing, geese are heading south. Clearly, winter is coming. It’s time for black bears to do what they always do this time of year―hibernate. Kids will get a kick out of this romp of a tale about a black bear cub that finds every excuse imaginable to avoid the inevitable go-to-bed moment.

Will Mama Bear finally win?

Or will Baby Bear come up with the ultimate reason to skip going to sleep?

"A lot of fun!" ― KIRKUS REVIEWS

"Parents who struggle to get toddlers into bed will certainly appreciate poor Mama Bear’s efforts to get Baby Bear ready to hibernate. Facts are seamlessly woven... as Baby runs through a litany of delay tactics." ― BOOKLIST

“This award-winning author has a knack for using simple, fictional stories to keep the attention of young readers while slyly delivering facts about nonhuman animals...a lot of fun.” ― KIRKUS REVIEWS

STEM-based backmatter includes activities and Hibernators.


  • Bears
  • Yellow-Bellied Marmot
  • Chipmunk
  • Snapping Turtle
  • Garter Snake

About the Hush Up Series

As natural as spring follows winter, children test limits. While children try to become independent, their words and behavior often say ‘no.’ Your child won’t go to bed, doesn’t go along for the ride, or may have a range of mealtime and other routine behaviors.

The Hush Up Series gives parents and children a chance to laugh at themselves through universal parent/child struggles while learning a thing or two about our natural world along the way.

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    2 - 6 years, from customers
  2. Print length
    36 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - 3
  5. Lexile measure
    AD520L
  6. Dimensions
    10.25 x 0.15 x 10.25 inches
  7. Publisher
    Persnickety Press
  8. Publication date
    August 27, 2018
  9. ISBN-10
    1943978360
  10. ISBN-13
    978-1943978366
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HUSH UP titles:
  • Offers a great read aloud and cuddle experience
  • Presents storylines that are relatable to both parents and kids
  • Engages families with captivating and dynamic illustrations
  • Helps children grow emotionally and psychologically
  • Supports vocabulary development
  • Introduces early science concepts
  • Encourages develop lifelong learners
  • STEM back matter with Yellowstone National Park

Make kids’ bedtime, travel, and mealtime BEARABLE!

As natural as spring follows winter, children test limits. While children try to become independent, their words and behavior often say ‘no’; your child won’t go to bed, doesn’t go along for the ride, or is having a range of mealtime and other routine behaviors.

The Hush Up Series gives parents and children a chance to laugh at themselves through the universal parent/child struggles while learning a thing or two about our natural world along the way

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Caribou

Coming in 2022

HUSH UP AND HIBERNATE

Getting the kids to bed when they don’t want to go

HUSH UP AND MIGRATE

Getting the kids to be patient while traveling, i.e., “Are we there yet?”

HUSH UP AND CLEAN YOUR PLATE

Getting the kids to eat what’s given to them

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At Persnickety Press our mission is empowering kids–showing them what they do matters, what they care about is worthy of attention and action–and that even now, as children, they make a difference.

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“Seamlessly woven...” ― BOOKLIST

“This award-winning author has a knack for using simple, fictional stories to keep the attention of young readers while slyly delivering facts about nonhuman animals...a lot of fun.” ― KIRKUS REVIEWS

"Parents who struggle to get toddlers into bed will certainly appreciate poor Mama Bear’s efforts to get Baby Bear ready to hibernate..Facts are seamlessly woven... as Baby runs through a litany of delay tactics." ― BOOKLIST

From the Back Cover

Leaves are falling, a cold wind is blowing, geese are heading south. Clearly, winter is coming. It’s time for black bears to do what they always do this time of year―hibernate. Kids will get a kick out of this romp of a tale about a black bear cub that finds every excuse imaginable to avoid the inevitable go-to-bed moment.

Will Mama Bear finally win? Or will Baby Bear come up with the ultimate reason to skip going to sleep?

“Seamlessly woven...” ― Booklist

“A lot of fun!” ― Kirkus Reviews

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Persnickety Press; Illustrated edition (August 27, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 36 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1943978360
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1943978366
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 6 years, from customers
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD520L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.25 x 0.15 x 10.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 65 ratings

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Sandra Markle

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SANDRA MARKLE

Sandra Markle is the author of more than 200 books for children, such as A Mother’s Journey (Charlesbridge, 2006), How Many Baby Pandas (Walker, 2009), The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs (Millbrook, 2011), Butterfly Tree (Peachtree Publishing, 2011). She has won numerous awards for this work, including Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices, NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book, SB& F finalist, John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers, Junior Library Guild Selection, Orbis Pictus Recommended Book, Charlotte Zolotow Award, and MORE.

She was honoured with the title of “Best of Children’s Non-Fiction” Georgia Author Of The Year award five times and was named one of 1999’s Women of the Year by Women in Technology International for her contributions to science and technology.

In addition to her books, Sandra Markle has developed science specials for CNN and PBS. She is also noted for developing On-Line Expedition: Antarctica, one of the first on-line educational programs and continued adding further on-line reports from Antarctica while working on book projects in 1996 and 1999 as a grantee for the National Science Foundation’s Artists and Writers Program.

Reviewers have heaped praise on Markle’s books, including:

Outside and Inside Bats “The author presents a particularly felicitous accord of words and pictures in an outstanding science book for the primary grades.” The Horn Book Magazine

Outside and Inside Alligators “This newest installment of the Outside and Inside series adds another fine book to a top-notch series.” Bookselling This Week, a Kid’s Pick of the Lists

Outside and Inside Dinosaurs It’s like sitting down with a dinosaur expert who happens to be a great teacher.” The Horn Book Magazine

Sandra Markle remains proudest, though, of the praise she has received in fan mail from children. She’s happy to fulfill the requests of the young readers that urge her to “please write more.”

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4.7 out of 5 stars
4.7 out of 5
65 global ratings
EVERY parent knows Mama Bear’s pain
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EVERY parent knows Mama Bear’s pain
I have lived the eat, drink, uncomfortable bed, can’t find the Lovey dance on many occasions. Still, this book had me laughing, because EVERY parent knows Mama Bear’s pain.Of course, this book isn’t really about bedtime. It is about sneaking fun animal and nature facts into little brains. The book is choc-full of them. Mama explains the reasons bears and other animals hibernate, and why some don’t. In addition, the gorgeous illustrations beautifully capture the turn of colorful autumn into the white of winter.This book does double duty as a great bedtime story and of fun early reader for classtime about winter and hibernation. There is also a section in the back of the book offering facts about bear hibernation, animals who hibernate, and the characteristics of a bear den. This will be a book that preschoolers and lower elementary kids will love to read time and again.I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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She Just Loves Books
5.0 out of 5 stars It's time for bed already! Every parent can relate.
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2019
What I Loved: The illustrations in this book were beautiful and thoughtful. The artwork felt so finished, you could be a part of the story and it was wonderful.

How I Felt: Oh I felt for this mama bear! She just wants to go to sleep for the winter, but Baby Bear is pulling out all the stops to stay up. The mama bear’s reactions are perfect and I felt myself connecting to her frustration and exhaustion. My favorite part was the last line in the story when she thinks she’s gotten him to sleep and he sits up and asks if it’s spring yet! Oh I giggled! After the story is finished, the author has added a section about bears and their hibernation routines, which my daughter and I found to be a wonderful addition to the book!

To Read or Not To Read: This is a great book for young preschoolers through early elementary school. The pictures are bright and help to tell the story and its just right for that age.

What’s This Book About Anyway?
It’s time to hibernate for the winter. Mama Bear is ready, but Baby Bear needs just one more snack. And then one more drink. And then so on and so forth. Mama Bear keeps her cool for a long time, but finally has to say “Enough”. This gets Baby Bear to realize it is time to sleep….but can he go to sleep?

I received an advanced reader’s copy of this book for free. I am providing my honest review freely.
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Kristi Bernard
5.0 out of 5 stars What do your kids do before bedtime?
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2020
As a parent or caregiver, you know how tough it is to get the kids to bed and to sleep. This little book shares a laughable story of a little bear having a crisis about sleeping or hibernating.

This little fellow has every excuse in the world not to settle down and hibernate for the winter. At first Mama bear was patient. Baby bear was hungry and thirsty. He played and swam. He wondered why bears had to hibernate and fish, wolves and mountain lions didn’t. Mama explained how wolves and mountain lions hunt for food and would love to snack on a little bear. Finally, the snow began to fall, and it was time to sleep in their den. Again, baby bear had a reason not to sleep. His bed was too hard. Mama, by now, had lost patience and growled at him. They gathered more leaves and once again settled in. But baby bear still was not ready to hibernate. What do you think he did next?

This hilarious story is perfect for naptime or bedtime. Parents and caregivers will chuckle when reading this story to little ones. It’s also a perfect story for beginners too. Large size illustrations make this a story that is fun and can even be read by only observing the pictures.
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ShelleLP
5.0 out of 5 stars EVERY parent knows Mama Bear’s pain
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2020
I have lived the eat, drink, uncomfortable bed, can’t find the Lovey dance on many occasions. Still, this book had me laughing, because EVERY parent knows Mama Bear’s pain.

Of course, this book isn’t really about bedtime. It is about sneaking fun animal and nature facts into little brains. The book is choc-full of them. Mama explains the reasons bears and other animals hibernate, and why some don’t. In addition, the gorgeous illustrations beautifully capture the turn of colorful autumn into the white of winter.

This book does double duty as a great bedtime story and of fun early reader for classtime about winter and hibernation. There is also a section in the back of the book offering facts about bear hibernation, animals who hibernate, and the characteristics of a bear den. This will be a book that preschoolers and lower elementary kids will love to read time and again.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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5.0 out of 5 stars EVERY parent knows Mama Bear’s pain
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2020
I have lived the eat, drink, uncomfortable bed, can’t find the Lovey dance on many occasions. Still, this book had me laughing, because EVERY parent knows Mama Bear’s pain.

Of course, this book isn’t really about bedtime. It is about sneaking fun animal and nature facts into little brains. The book is choc-full of them. Mama explains the reasons bears and other animals hibernate, and why some don’t. In addition, the gorgeous illustrations beautifully capture the turn of colorful autumn into the white of winter.

This book does double duty as a great bedtime story and of fun early reader for classtime about winter and hibernation. There is also a section in the back of the book offering facts about bear hibernation, animals who hibernate, and the characteristics of a bear den. This will be a book that preschoolers and lower elementary kids will love to read time and again.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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Julie
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book! I can relate to momma bear
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2020
This book was so fun and the illustrations are beautiful! I am so glad I got a free copy of this book from book siren and had the chance to leave an honest review! I’m a mom and former daycare teacher and have read many books to my class and daughter and have to say this one is pretty awesome. As a mom I can’t help but laugh at the little bear trying everything to not sleep(hibernate) and momma bear is doing everything she can to not lose her cool (typically mom when your little is being difficult). This is a book I would have love to read to my daycare kids before nap because so many of them struggled with laying down and quieting there bodies for rest time. I would definitely recommend this awesome book and look forward to checking out some of her other children’s books!
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Sara
3.0 out of 5 stars Great for Littles that Won't sleep
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2021
Rating: 3.5/5

This was a super cute book about a mother bear trying to get her cub to hibernate, if you have a child you can probably relate to this mother bear when it comes to getting your child to sleep.

First off I love the illustrations. This is one of my favorite styles and I feel like it works really well when it comes to the bears, they’re adorable. I love how you can clearly see the progression of the season and the illustrator does a great job of not just the animals but all the seasonal elements and they flow well from page to page. The illustrations complement the words on the pages, it all just goes very well together.

This is short and simple and while it is about hibernation, it doesn’t go into deep detail so it’s easy to understand for younger children. This could be easily used as a bedtime story or in a pre-k classroom.

If you were to use this in a younger classroom it could be used as an introduction to hibernation. One thing I really liked about this book was the last couple of pages. In the back, there are several pages about hibernation that can be used to extend knowledge. These include bear hibernation facts, examples of other hibernators, as well as a DIY of how to make a den like a bear.

Overall, I would recommend this to those have younger readers, those who want a low level book to introduce hibernation, as well as those who know a little one who won’t go to sleep when they should.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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