Sleeping Bear Press

01/12/2025

The love between mother and child is a deep, profound bond, and that is true whether the pair walks on two legs, flies through the air, or swims in the ocean🐈🦏🐊🦘🐘🐅

Through gentle, rhyming text, human and animal mothers tell their little ones why they love them, sharing what is beautiful and unique about their children. Don't miss this tender tribute to maternal love penned by award-winning author Eve Bunting🤍

01/07/2025

Junia carries her Book Woman, a Pack Horse librarian who delivers free books and reading material to neighboring folks, up and down the rugged hills and surrounding woodlands near the Kentucky town of Troublesome Creek⛰️

It’s not easy work, but the library patrons are counting on Book Woman’s visits, and Book Woman is counting on Junia. And Junia won’t ever let her friend down🐴

Brought to vivid life by Kim Michele Richardson, the NYT, LA Times & USA TODAY bestselling author of "The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek," and David C. Gardner, Junia is ready to meet young readers in this picture book tribute to Kentucky’s Great Depression Pack Horse Library Project!

01/03/2025

The perfect story to accompany the chilly weather, "Winter, Winter, Cold and Snow," by Sharon Gibson Palermo and Christina Song, uses repetition to take readers through a snow-covered forest to learn about its animal inhabitants!

From owls, to woodchucks, to chickadees and more, young readers will be delighted to see what all of the animals are doing in winter❄🦉

With Backmatter about each animal and their wintertime habits, this is the perfect story for your young animal lover🤍

01/01/2025

Happy New Year from Sleeping Bear Press!🎊

A new year means new beginnings, and we have the perfect titles to help our youngest readers embark on their fresh starts in 2025!

Learn more about our books at sleepingbearpress.com🤍

12/30/2024

Farmer Pumpernickel has a blissful, peaceful farm with his contented cows, satisfied sheep, pampered piglets, and happy horse👨‍🌾

But when winter arrives and the snow starts to fall, something wacky happens: the farm animals share their delight in the tasty flakes coming down from the sky, prancing, dancing, and kicking up their hooves in a barnyard revelry🕺🐄

Boisterous rhymes and humorous artwork bring "Snowflakes on Our Tongue," by and , to life. Back matter includes animal facts as well as information on the science of snowflakes.

12/26/2024

12/23/2024

It may be Christmas, but on a small, forlorn farm, the holiday season is best forgotten, along with painful memories of loved ones lost.

Mother Nature has other plans, however, and a chance snowstorm brings together two unlikely hearts, one human and one beast, both yearning for comfort, companionship, and that most elusive gift of all: hope.

"Winter's Gift," by Jane Monroe Donovan, is a lustrous jewel of a story, reminding even the most cynical of readers that the heart indeed can recover and go on🤍

12/22/2024

This charming tale of an overgrown pine who is always being passed by for Christmas, and what his woodland friends do to help him, has become a holiday classic🤍

With delightful illustrations by wildlife artist Michael Monroe and enchanting text from Colleen Monroe, the birds, deer and squirrel of "A Wish To Be A Christmas Tree" help make their special friend’s wish come true🎄👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

12/21/2024

When preparations for a doomed stage production of the Nutcracker go from terribly bad to ridiculously worse, everyone is sure that the show won’t go on. But it’s Christmas Eve and help is on the way from none other than Santa Claus! 🎅

Told in verse with wonderful, whimsical illustrations, "The Nutcracker's Night Before Christmas" by Keith Brockett and Joseph Cowman, hits all the right notes for holiday reading. Will it be under your tree this Christmas?🎄

12/19/2024

With Christmas just around the corner, it's the perfect time to explore some of our favorite Sleeping Bear Press holiday titles! These beloved stories are the exact kind of warm and cozy tale young readers adore during the holiday season🎄💖

12/18/2024

The most wonderful time of the year calls for the most wonderful picture books of the year!🎄📚

What was your favorite book that you read this year? Let us know in the comments!

12/16/2024

With snow falling and the temperature dropping, it's time to snuggle up with some of our favorite Santa stories from Sleeping Bear Press⛄

Do you have a favorite picture book about Santa? 🎅

12/15/2024

Around the world Santa Claus has many names. But in a deep, swampy bayou of Louisiana, he’s known as Papa Noël🐊

In such a hot and humid place, there can be no sleds or reindeer, so Papa Noël rides the river in a boat that’s pulled by eight alligators, with a snowy white one named Nicollette in the lead.

A colorfully inventive Christmas tale, "The Legend of Papa Noel: A Cajun Christmas Story" by and is a lesson in fast thinking, as well as a witty introduction to a part of America that’s rich in folklore and legend🛶🎅

12/14/2024

One Christmas, a gingerbread cookie is crafted and placed on a plate, made special to serve as Santa's nighttime snack🍪

But instead of spending the evening contemplating his fate, the gingerbread boy finds himself facing two rambunctious puppies experiencing their very first Christmas. Their mischief leaves a big mess, and it's up to the gingerbread boy to save the day — and Christmas🎄

A twist on the classic Night Before Christmas story, "A Cookie for Santa," written by Stephanie Shaw and illustrated by Bruno Robert, is a holiday story you don't want to miss out on🤍

12/13/2024

As the worst snow storm of the year rolls in, one family hunkers down together in a cozy blanket fort for the night🤍

A little girl makes a wish on a snow globe and, in the morning, the sun rises on a winter wonderland—beckoning all outside⛄👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

A lyrical story about wishes and community and snow, "Snow Globe Wishes," by Erin Dealey and Claire Shorrock Illustration is a heartwarming story perfect to gift your young reader this holiday season!

12/12/2024

Walking to school on the last day before the Christmas break, Miss Mary envisions the fun her students will have at recess. They’ll make snow angels and build snowmen☃

But when recess comes, no one wants to play. The snow is cold and the children don’t have any mittens. Not to worry, thinks Miss Mary. She will knit mittens for her students as a Christmas surprise!🎄

Brought to life in colorful artwork, "Miss Mary's Christmas Mittens," written by Trinka Hakes Noble and illustrated by Renee Adriani, is an uplifting story of generosity that reminds readers that the best gifts come from the heart💗

12/11/2024

It's Christmas Eve and Santa is busy getting gussied up for the big night🎅

But when he goes to put on his warm, cozy (holey, ragged) Christmas underwear, they're nowhere to be found! With un**es for every occasion, he tries on the rest of his collection. But nothing is quite right.

Just when he's about to give up he find a surprise from his considerate team of reindeer🎁

A heartwarming and hilarious Christmas tale, "Santa's Underwear," is sure to help get young readers into the Christmas spirit! 🎄