by Michelle Meadows (Author), Kurt Cyrus (Illustrator)
Everybody at the station It's time for winter hibernation The sweet rhyming text of this book will calm even the most rambunctious kids and have them dreaming about what it's like to hibernate. Young readers will be soothed and delighted as this story introduces them to different types of hibernating animals. The creatures on the train are preparing to snuggle into sleep, although with a passenger list that includes chipmunks, bears, snakes, hedgehogs, groundhogs, frogs, turtles, mice, bats, and more, there's a lot of noise Will the hibernating critters ever get to sleep? Take a trip to Hibernation Station to find out
Author Biography
Michelle Meadows is the author of Itsy Bitsy Baby Mouse, Traffic Pups, Pilot Pups, Piggies in the Kitchen, Piggies in Pajamas, Hibernation Station, and The Way the Storm Stops. She lives in Silver Springs, Maryland.
Kurt Cyrus has illustrated numerous acclaimed picture books celebrating the natural world, including
What in the World?: Numbers in Nature by Nancy Raines Day;
Mammoths on the Move by Lisa Wheeler; and his own
Tadpole Rex and
The Voyage of Turtle Rex. His art also appears in the middle grade series Pals in Peril by M.T. Anderson. Kurt lives with his wife in McMinnville, Oregon. Visit him at KurtCyrus.com.
Number of Pages: 40
Dimensions: 0.39 x 9.28 x 11.28 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: August 24, 2010
Award: Ladybug Picture Book Award (2011)
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (2013)
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Hibernation Station
Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3
Reading Level: 1.5
Point Value: 0.5