Grandpa Bear's Christmas - Hardcover

Pryor, Bonnie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688060633 ISBN 13: 9780688060633

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1986

Synopsis

Samantha Bear and her beloved Grandpa share several Christmas activities, including a visit from a special Christmas person who happens to be an old friend of Grandpa

About this title

About the Author:

Bonnie Pryor thoroughly researched important periods of American history for each of her American Adventures. For Luke on the High Seas, she delved into seafaring in the nineteenth century so that the details of Luke Reed's journey would be accurate. She lives in Gambier, Ohio. In Her Own Words...

"I grew up in Spokane, Washington, the middle child in a family of three girls. Books were a part of my life from as far back as I can remember. I was often in trouble for reading at the wrong time. I would be caught reading under the dining room table when I was supposed to be dusting, or reading under the covers by flashlight late at night-even hiding a novel inside my textbooks at school.

"Not everyone thought I read too much. I remember a school librarian who saved all the new books for me to read first, and on several occasions she gave me presents of books. Perhaps she felt she should because I had read every single thing in her library!

"I was very shy, and, like Robert in The Plum Tree War, I spent a lot of my time hanging from my knees from a favorite plum tree, telling myself stories. Of course since I was raised in the West these stories were usually about wild horses and cowboys, and I was always the heroine who came to the rescue. The stories were long and involved, sometimes going on for days. I was always impatient to get to my tree each day so I could find out what was going to happen next, but I was too lazy to write the stories down.

"I think everyone expected me to become a writer, but it took me twenty years and a gentle nudge from my husband, Robert, to build up the courage to try. In the meantime I moved to Ohio, worked at a variety of jobs, and raised a family. I have four grown children, eight grandchildren, and two daughters still at home-Jenny and Chrissy. Many of my books are loosely based upon incidents in my children's lives, and they often appear as characters, in personality if not by name.

"My family recently moved to the country. When I'm not writing and visiting schools, we're busy building barns and fences and laying out flower beds. In addition, we all take part in caring for the four newcomers to our home: three horses and a bunny!"

From Publishers Weekly:

The collaborative efforts of Pryor and Degen in Grandpa Bear have been repeated in this holiday book, without the same success. Four short stories tell about Samantha Bear and her grandpa: how Santa Claus became one of the old bear's acquaintances, a trip to the zoo during which a lion invites Samantha to "help him find his dinner," the search for the perfect Christmas tree, and a Christmas play where Grandpa performs the role of Santa. Much of this is cozy, thanks to Degen's cheerful Christmas settings and high-spirited bears. The story, however, lagsthe zoo trip seems to be merely filler; the first vignetteGrandpa, as a young boy, melts a snowman blocking Santa's pathseems out of step with the forgiving sentiments of the season.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0688060633
• ISBN 13: 9780688060633
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Degen Bruce