How to Share with a Bear

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Marc Notes: One cold day, Thomas builds a cave of pillows and blankets where he can read, but when he goes to get a flashlight, a young bear goes inside and nothing Thomas does discourages the bear from being near him. Biographical Note: Eric Pinder is the author of "If All the Animals Came Inside "and "Cat in the Clouds." He lives in rural New Hampshire. Stephanie Graegin is the illustrator of "You Were the First," "Water in the Park," and "Happy Birthday, Bunny!" She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2015 (EAN 9780374300197, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

School Library Journal 08/01/2015 pg. 76 (EAN 9780374300197, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Pinder, Eric Eric Pinder first learned to love weather and mountains in his hometown of Cobleskill in upstate New York, where as a child he watched the stars and lunar eclipses with a toy telescope. After graduating from Hampshire College, Pinder began his writing career when he published a travel guide to Maine's Baxter State Park. In the spring of 1995, he started work at the Mount Washington Observatory. As a weather observer Pinder most often took the morning shift, waking at 4:30 to prepare the radio forecasts. He wrote three books during his time at the Observatory, and for two years edited Windswept, the Observatory's membership magazine. He also led "Understanding Mountain Weather" guided hikes for the Appalachian Mountain Club. Pinder left the Observatory in 2002 to pursue his writing more fully. He became interested in children's literature, and his book Cat in the Clouds, based on the adventures of the Observatory's cat Nin, comes out in May 2009 from History Press. Pinder continues to live in Berlin, New Hampshire, and teaches Nature Writing and Writing for Children at Chester College of New England. His previous books are a first edition of Life at the Top (Down East Books, 1997), Tying Down the Wind: Adventures in the Worst Weather on Earth (Tarcher/Putnam, 2000), North to Katahdin (Milkwood Editions, 2005), and Among the Clouds: Work, Wit and Weather at the Mount Washington Observatory (Alpine Books, 2008). Contributor Bio:  Graegin, Stephanie Stephanie Graegin received her BFA in Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from Pratt Institute. She illustrated Irene Latham's "Don't Feed the Boy". Stephanie lives in Brooklyn, New York.