Sleepy Bear in the Winter Den: A Bedtime Story for Ages 2-4

A slow bedtime story for ages 2 to 4 about a mother black bear settling into her den for the winter, for the child who fights sleep on dark winter nights. You are the one in bed; she is the one in the snow. The pace winds down line by line: crunching paws, thick soft fur, hush-hush wind, and breathing cues in lighter type.

It takes about 4 minutes to read aloud. Along the way it teaches three true things: a bear in her den does not need to eat or drink all winter because she lives on body fat saved in the autumn, her heart slows right down while her body stays only a little cooler, and bear cubs are born in the den in January. It ends by saying goodnight to the mama bear and her sleepy cubs.

The PDF is 5 pages: a title page, three pages of story in large type, and a page of facts for grown-ups with the source of every fact. Print it on US Letter or A4, or read it from a tablet in dim light. Nothing in it is frightening.

This story was written with the help of AI tools, then checked fact by fact.

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