"An enchanting little story, with homey illustrations that add to its appeal." — School Library Journal(starred review) Features an audio read-along! Outside, the wind blows and the rain comes down. Inside, it is Sam’s bedtime. Mrs. Bear reads him a story, tucks him in, and brings him warm milk. "Are you ready now, Sam?" she asks. "I’m waiting," he says. What else does Sam need before going to sleep? Could Mrs. Bear have forgotten a kiss?

After enduring a vicious bear attack in the Russian Far East's Kamchatka Peninsula, a French anthropologist undergoes a physical and spiritual transformation that forces her to confront the tenuous distinction between animal and human. In the Eye of the Wild begins with an account of the French anthropologist Nastassja Martin’s near fatal run-in with a Kamchatka bear in the mountains of Siberia. Martin’s professional interest is animism; she addresses philosophical questions about the relation of humankind to nature, and in her work she seeks to partake as fully as she can in the lives of the indigenous peoples she studies. Her violent encounter with the bear, however, brings her face-to-face with something entirely beyond her ken—the untamed, the nonhuman, the animal, the wild. In the course of that encounter something in the balance of her world shifts. A change takes place that she must somehow reckon with. Left severely mutilated, dazed with pain, Martin undergoes multiple operations in a provincial Russian hospital, while also being grilled by the secret police. Back in France, she finds herself back on the operating table, a source of new trauma. She realizes that the only thing for her to do is to return to Kamchatka. She must discover what it means to have become, as the Even people call it, medka, a person who is half human, half bear. In the Eye of the Wild is a fascinating, mind-altering book about terror, pain, endurance, and self-transformation, comparable in its intensity of perception and originality of style to J. A. Baker’s classic The Peregrine. Here Nastassja Martin takes us to the farthest limits of human being.

As they prepare for a short separation, Mama Bear and Little Bear find a way to reassure each other while they are apart.

A delightful follow-up to Is it Christmas? with all the magic of the big day. 2 yrs+

A collection of three Little Bear books.

"Now what about a big bear kiss for me?" said Dad. "No!" said Baby Bear. "No kiss for Daddy." It's time for bed, but Baby Bear just wants to play. When Daddy asks for a goodnight kiss, this grumbly baby says no way. This charming father coaxes his son through his nightly routine by asking Baby Bear for giraffe kisses, crocodile kisses, bat kisses, and more! Bright, energetic illustrations convey Baby Bear's change of heart as the charming relationship between father and son plays out before reader's eyes. This heartwarming story is perfect for bedtime AND Father's Day!

Little Bear's four adventures include taking a trip to the moon and having a birthday party.

Because Andy HATES being kissed, and Aunty Elsie always insists on giving big sloppy kisses. Andy tries hiding but Aunty always finds him. That is until one day she doesn't come and his Dad tells Andy that Aunty has been hurt in an accident. Strangely, Andy finds he misses Aunty Elsie...even her hugs and kisses.

Little Miss and Spirit Bear's Kiss tells the story of Little Miss, a lost soul who has had her light stolen and blames herself. Sitting in her special field of purple bloom, Little Miss all but gives up hope that she will ever feel whole again. Magically, Spirit Bear appears to help her rediscover the incredible person she is and shows her the way to living her dreams. While Little Miss and Spirit Bear's Kiss is based on Melissa's experience with abuse as a child, this book will reach anyone who has gone through darkness and struggled to rediscover their own unique, beautiful light.

Carter Blair has seen his share of bad days, but nothing compares to the day he's notified that his ex-girlfriend has died and left him a son: his son. When Cherise left for graduate school after college, she promised to keep in touch with Carter, but she didn't. He thought she'd gotten bored and moved on. He couldn't have been more wrong. Now he's got a 5-year-old son he knows nothing about, a ranch he's trying to promote, and his parents about to return from their retirement vacation. He doesn't know what he'd do without his best friend, Savannah, to keep him grounded. But Savannah is hiding something and Carter doesn't know what it is. Will he be able to pry the truth from her before it's too late?