Description: Osito wants to play, but his fur is growing slowly, and he's got the shivers. His new friend thinks covering this baby bear with honey and a coat of wildflowers is a good idea. Osito does get warm but then the bees arrive, and he has to make a run for it! Featuring bark paper collage, the story is bilingual in English and Spanish.
Brief description: Lisa María Burgess grew up in the Sierra Madre of north-western Mexico. She originally wrote this story with her father, Don Burgess, when she was a little girl. Over the years, they both retold the story over and over again. Lisa María has also written the Tanzania Juma Stories. Lisa María Burgess creció en la Sierra Madre del Noroeste de México. Originalmente escribió esta historia con su padre, Don Burgess, cuando era niña. Con los años, ambos volvieron a contar la historia una y otra vez. Lisa María también ha escrito las Historias de Juma de Tanzania.
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Winner of the New Mexico-Arizona Book Coop award for best Children's Bilingual in 2018.
"Captivating and humorous.... This baby bear has character. Children will cheer Osito as he tries to get warm and giggle at the girl's amusing and clever attempts to help him. ... Susan L. Roth's spirited and brightly colored collage illustrations are exquisite and really make this story sing." Multicultural Children's Book Day
"Educators: This book works well with lessons about problem solving, persistence, bears, the Southwest, New Mexico, Mexico, imagination, bilingualism, multilingualism, the environment, storytelling, paper art, and more." says Mommy Maestra!