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Sleeping Bear Press is an award-winning publisher of Children's and Middle Grade books. For our full catalog, please visit:
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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! 🎄

12/10/2024

Looking for some warm and cozy stories to put under your tree this year?🎄

From author-illustrator team Helen Foster James and Petra Brown comes the iconic and bestselling "Loves You!" series, with three delightful holiday stories all about treasuring the ones you love.

"I Love You Jingle Bell Baby" follows one little bunny as they wrap presents, bake cookies, and sing carols with their loved ones🍪

"Christmas with Auntie" celebrates the love between an aunt and her little bunny as they spend Christmas together!🎁

"Grandma's Christmas Wish" showcases the bond between a grandmother and her little bunny as engage in holiday festivities side by side👩‍👧

12/04/2024

Ahoy! A spectacular Christmas boat parade is underway! But wait...where is Santa and his reindeer? Surely, they aren't missing the parade? 🚤

"Christmas Ahoy" written by Erin Dealey and illustrated by Kayla Stark Illustration is a heartwarming and hilarious Christmas tale perfect for your young reader this holiday season - there's even a special surprise in store from Santa himself🎅

12/02/2024

Everyone knows that when Christmas rolls around, Santa employs a legion of helpers to ensure the season goes off without a hitch. But between the Santas on parade, the Santas at the malls, and the ones ringing bells in front of busy department stores...one intrepid investigator wants to know exactly who the real Santa is!🕵️‍♀️

A delightful and engaging story to welcome in the holiday season, "Santa's Secret," written by Denise Brennan-Nelson and illustrated by Deborah Melmon is the perfect gift for your young reader! 🎅

Learn more at sleepingbearpress.com 🤍

12/01/2024

Over the course of eighty years a spruce tree grows, along with the little boy who first selected it at a tree farm🌲

Now at the end of its life, the glorious tree is chosen to be the centerpiece of a city's holiday celebration!

The tree journeys from rural countryside to big city center, where everyone, young and old, comes together to celebrate a tree for all: everybody's tree🎄

11/30/2024

One little bunny spends a merry day with a special loved one, baking, wrapping, playing, and preparing for Christmas!

"I Love You, Jingle Bell Baby" by Helen Foster James and Petra Brown is a sweet, cozy story that reminds readers that the joy in the holiday season is being with the ones we love💙

Will this adorable picture book be under your tree this year? 🎄

11/29/2024

The journey of bringing a pumpkin to harvest comes to life for young readers in "The Pie That Molly Grew"🎃

You won't want to miss out on this sweet picture book from Sue Heavenrich and .chamisa!

Be sure to check out the pumpkin pie recipe in the back🥧

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving from Sleeping Bear Press! 🦃

Lola's family has an apple orchard and every year they sell hundreds of apple pies for customers' Thanksgiving tables. It's always a big job, so this year Lola is going to cook Thanksgiving dinner on her own to help out!

But Mom and Dad need her help making all the pies too. Luckily, aunts and uncles and cousins arrive ready to help the family prepare a Thanksgiving feast! Just…no apple pie, please! 🍎🥧

Don't miss the adorable "Apple Pie Tired" by Beth Charles Books and Hannah Brinson❤️

11/26/2024

Everyone knows that the little kids table is the place to be for any holiday or family gathering🍗🥗🧀🍅🥦🥧

They just know how to have fun (and how to slather everything in ketchup)! "The Little Kids Table" is a silly, rhyming story that follows a group of rambunctious cousins from table setting to dessert!

11/25/2024

Everyone's family is unique--and good!

From sprawling extended families and close-knit units to adopted and chosen families, A Family Like Ours celebrates all those important connections we build over the years🧡

What is special, surprising, or sensational about your family?

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