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Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? As reassuring as a goodnight hug. Martin Waddell Picture Book Rate book. Read or buy. Based on 3 reviews. Kids say No reviews yet Add your rating. Get it now Searching for streaming and purchasing options Common Sense is a nonprofit organization. Your purchase helps us remain independent and ad-free. Get it now on Searching for streaming and purchasing options Did we miss something on diversity?
Your privacy is important to us. Press and hold for more CBeebies Radio. View all. CBeebies Radio Bedtime Stories. Twinkle, Twinkle. Gertie The Bear. Tom And The Cave. A Star For Tiptoe. Lottie The Chameleon. Ben And The Football. Watching Clouds. Goodnight, Justin. The Lonely Sock. Kiss Good Night, Sam. Jacob And The Trains. The plot of the story is about a two bears, a big bear and a little bear that live in a bear cave. For example we have two toy bears that we introduce to them at the beginning of the story who they get to cuddle and get a sense of their two sizes bigger for big bear etc… , we then give them each a small teddy bear who they cuddle up in a blanket.
To experience the idea of the different types of light used for the little bear to try and get to sleep we give the children different sized lanterns and a flickering candle to look at.
All the while each time something is introduced asking if there bear is asleep yet which they love! Finally we all settle down and snuggle our bears until they fall asleep. Dec 01, Fariha rated it it was amazing. This book is about Little Bear who cannot fall asleep because he's afraid of the dark. Little Bear tosses and turns as he tries to sleep but to no avail. Big Bear sees Little Bear in distress so he stops reading his book and gives Little Bear a small lantern to sleep with, however, it seems this isn't enough for Little Bear.
Little Bear still tosses and turns so Big Bear has to stop reading his book again to get him some more light. But again, Little Bear cannot sleep because there is too much d This book is about Little Bear who cannot fall asleep because he's afraid of the dark.
But again, Little Bear cannot sleep because there is too much dark inside as well as outside! Big Bear doesn't know what to do, there is dark everywhere, how is Big Bear supposed to light up all the dark at night-time? This is the what the reader will question while reading this story. What else can Big Bear do to help Little Bear? What if Little Bear never falls asleep at night-time? The reader becomes curious as to where the story is going which at the same time makes it an intriguing read.
The story also has humour as Little Bear seems to be driving Big Bear crazy! Children between the ages of years will really enjoy listening to this story as a class. It will make them laugh as well as allowing them to do choral reading as Little Bear constantly repeats the same phrase every time he complains about the dark!
The children will easily be able to understand the plot of the story and will look forward to finding out Big Bear's solution to curing the darkness so that Little Bear can finally go to sleep in one peace!
Jun 15, Lynne Lawson rated it it was amazing. I absolutely love this book! It has such emotional importance to me as my third daughter had breathing difficulties when she was born and spent the first 5 weeks of her life in NICU.
My eldest daughter chose this book from home to take to hospital and read to her. It ended up being the only book we read during those long and heartbreaking 5 weeks. My daughter suffered severe brain damage during her birth and as such we are unsure about her future ie.
The bit about them going out of the cave into the big dark unknown and the little bear being scared resonated with us as we were terrified about taking our baby out into the unknown. Lynne x x Sep 20, M. This book is lovely! The words may seem repetitive, but it's just the perfect rhythm to draw a little one into a sweet slumber. This kid's book is so sweet because it deals with a fear most if not all of us have known before: the fear of the dark.
Big Bear learns that it's better to deal with a problem head on rather than ignore it by coming up with tiny or large remedies that will not last.
Little bear learns that the dark really isn't that frightening after all. Light is all around when you l This book is lovely! Light is all around when you look and find it. This isn't a Christian book, but I couldn't help being reminded: Jesus is the light! He never leaves us John - Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Jesus loves you! For Jesus first loved me Mar 17, Alice Bennett rated it really liked it Shelves: animal-books , year-1 , picture-books , year-2 , reception , fears. I love this book, I remember my parents reading it to me!
They are also shaped like windows so that the reader is almost looking into this new world where the bears live. We could have a conversation about our fears and why the dark can sometimes seems scary to us.
The book also contains a lot of inverted commas so it could be used as an example for teaching those in grammar. Oct 02, Tara Gibbons rated it really liked it Shelves: picture-books. It's a good story that used a lot of repetition throughout with 'Little Bear', 'Big Bear', conversation about the darkness and sleeping. The outline of the pages is a dark grey and this furthers the context of Little Bear being scared.
I also like how it ends as part of the story but makes it very clear it is the end. I also read this as an end to my phonics teaching lessons during SBT1 to a Year 1 class. They had clearly read it before numerous times because the repetition throughout meant they It's a good story that used a lot of repetition throughout with 'Little Bear', 'Big Bear', conversation about the darkness and sleeping.
They had clearly read it before numerous times because the repetition throughout meant they also read it aloud along with me! Very fun! May 10, Heidi-Marie rated it liked it Shelves: children , picture-books , feel-good , preschool-storytime-prep , fiction. Looking for more dad books, as I believe this will be the first Father's Day theme I've done in storytime. I may have done one a few years ago, but nothing comes to mind. This story is adorable, especially the pictures.
A little repetitive, but kids like that. I'm worried about the amount of text on some pages. I will have this on display for sure; if I can't find other things to use, then I will opt to read this one.
Sep 24, midnightfaerie rated it did not like it Shelves: childrens. Why does this book have such high ratings? The illustrations are cute, but otherwise, way too repetitive to not be boring, both my 5 yr old and preschoolers had a hard time staying engaged in this story.
A cute idea, but falls short, since it's way too wordy for the younger crowd, even though the concept is geared toward them. Shelves: s , all-ages , children , young-children , family. Oh I remember reading this to the girls! It was sweet! Since I've always called my husband, "Bear", my oldest daughter was Little Bear before she was born. Her nursery was in teddy bears. Can I tell she still sleeps with her bear?! View all 3 comments. Jul 03, Dolly rated it really liked it Recommends it for: parents reading with their children.
Shelves: , great-for-bedtime , childrens. This is a sweet story, and one that I can relate with. On countless nights, I have just settled down with a book when I hear, "Mama!
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