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By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: January 28, 2010

Winter. A very fun season: Ice skating, skiing, sledding, building snowmen—or snow-ladies—and the perfect excuse for some good-old hibernation. Definition of hibernation: staying inside watching movies, playing board games, and reading books.

From picture books to a young adult novel, check out this uber-cool list …

Picture Books

Bedtime for Bear

by Brett Helquist

Reading level: Ages 2-7

Hardcover: 32 pages

Publisher: HarperCollins (December 21, 2010)

Source: Publisher

Publisher’s synopsis: Wintertime is here, and that means it is bedtime for Bear. But Bear’s friends don’t think so. They want Bear to come and play outside in the snow. Bear can hear his friends calling. He hears them laughing and playing. Bear can’t sleep. But it’s bedtime! What is a bear to do?

Add this book to your collection: Bedtime for Bear

Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee

by Chris Van Dusen

Reading level: Ages 4-8

Hardcover: 36 pages

Publisher: Chronicle Books (October 27, 2010)

Source: Publisher

Publisher’s synopsis: One winter morning, Mr. Magee and his little dog, Dee, head out bright and early to learn how to ski. But what begins as a pleasant day in the snow quickly goes downhill when a run-in with a curious moose sends them flying through the air and hanging above an abyss! How will Dee and Magee find their way out of this snowy situation? Chris Van Dusen, the creator of Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee and A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee, has crafted yet another fun-filled adventure for Magee fans old and new.

Add this book to your collection: Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee

Ten on the Sled

by Kim Norman (Author), Liza Woodruff (Illustrator)

Reading level: Ages 3-7

Hardcover: 24 pages

Publisher: Sterling (October 5, 2010)

Source: Publisher

Publisher’s synopsis: Author Kim Norman (Crocodaddy) and illustrator Liz

Hi everyone!

I wanted to share some exciting news with you. We've signed CatDog creator Peter Hannan to create a weekly cartoon on JacketFlap about Children's Book Publishing. The cartoon, "Joe Hemingmouse", will follow the trials and tribulations of a mouse aspiring to be a children's book writer and illustrator. The first cartoon is live on JacketFlap's home page now:

http://www.jacketflap.com

As you may already know, Peter created and executive produced the popular Nickelodeon animated television series CatDog and is the author and illustrator of Super Goofballs, a series of illustrated chapter books from HarperCollins. He has long wanted to write a regular cartoon about the life of a writer/illustrator. Here's what Peter said about why he's working with us on this cartoon - "After working in television with a big crew and bigger hysterics, writing and illustrating children's books is a refreshing change of pace. However, the independence can sometimes feel curiously like solitary confinement. Any creative endeavor is a series of setbacks and successes, and it's crucial to keep one's sense of humor. Luckily, I've always found my foibles, and those of friends and colleagues, funny."

Please take a look at Joe Hemingmouse, and use the discussion link below the cartoon to let us know what you think!

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