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Books with author John Prater

  • A Bear Went over the Mountain

    John Prater

    Hardcover (Gardners Books, May 31, 2000)
    Baby Bear goes for a walk over the big bear mountain and he finds a big adventure. This is a climbing and rhyming game for pre-school children to share with baby bear.
  • Oh Where, Oh Where?

    John Prater

    Board book (B E S Pub Co, July 1, 1998)
    In this adaptation of the classic nursery rhyme, a baby bear hides from his father, who wants to settle down for tea
  • Baby Bear's Christmas Kiss

    John Prater

    Hardcover (B.E.S. Publishing, Oct. 1, 2004)
    It’s Christmas Day, and the entire Bear family has come to visit and celebrate the holiday together. The appearance of brightly wrapped gifts under the tree so excites Baby Bear and his cousins that they shake and poke and sniff all the packages, anxious to know what each box contains. Then suddenly Baby Bear realizes that Grandbear doesn’t have a present. Baby Bear decides that he must go out and find a gift for Grandbear. But what in the world can he find? This latest title in John Prater’s series of picture storybooks about Baby Bear and his loving grandfather captures all the joy and warmth of family fun at Christmas. There are charming color illustrations on every page.
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  • Is It Christmas?

    John Prater

    Hardcover (B.E.S. Publishing, Aug. 1, 2003)
    John Prater�s lovable Little Bear is back again, this time in a brand new picture book for Christmas. Little Bear is getting excited because he knows Christmas is approaching. �Is it Christmas?� he asks his grandfather. �No, not yet, but after a few more sleeps, it will be,� says Grandbear. Baby Bear can hardly wait, but there�s a lot to be done. Most important of all, special visitors are coming. Every page of this delightful book is filled with the wonderment and anticipation that all children share as the holiday approaches. Toddlers will love the story and delight in John Prater�s illustrations, as they wait for their own Christmas to arrive!
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  • Again!

    John Prater

    Hardcover (Barrons Juveniles, July 1, 2000)
    When Baby Bear and Grandbear play together, Baby Bear always shouts out, "Again!" to have Grandbear repeat the game, but after a tiring day of play, Baby Bear gives Grandbear a big hug before falling asleep, and this time it's Grandbear's time to say, "Again!"
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  • Is It Christmas?

    John Prater

    Paperback (Random House Children's Books, Nov. 4, 2004)
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  • Tim and the Blanket Thief

    John Prater

    Library Binding (Atheneum, Oct. 1, 1993)
    The theft of his beloved blanket sends the normally shy, passive little Tim through a dark forest and over raging seas to the thief's horrid lair, from which he returns with a boat full of stolen toys--and newfound confidence.
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  • Once Upon a Time

    John Prater

    Paperback (Candlewick, Feb. 20, 1995)
    A bored boy's world is suddenly populated by three house-building pigs, a girl wearing a red hood, and other familiar nursery characters
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  • Once Upon a Picnic

    John Prater

    Hardcover (Candlewick, June 1, 1996)
    While Mom and Dad do nothing but daydream at the picnic, the young boy keeps very active noticing all kinds of things going on around them.
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  • The Big Baby Bear Book

    John Prater

    Hardcover (B E S Pub Co, Aug. 1, 2001)
    A collection of classic and original nursery rhymes features the antics of Baby Bear, his grandfather, and his animal friends.
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  • The Bear Went over the Mountain

    John Prater

    Board book (B E S Pub Co, March 1, 1999)
    In a board book that features the bear family of Walking Around the Garden, Baby Bear enjoys a big adventure as he climbs a big mountain--which turns out to be Father Bear.
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  • Can't Catch Me!

    John Prater

    Paperback (Puffin Books, June 26, 1986)
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