Other editions of book Copy Me, Copycub

Through spring, summer, and autumn, through streams, swamps, and up and down trees, a mother bear and her cub play an important game of follow the leader. "You're my own little Copycub!" mother bear exclaims. Little does the cub know that each time he imitates his mom, he's learning precious life lessons. When winter suddenly arrives, the bears must make their way to the cozy cave to sleep until springtime. It's a long, hard journey, and as the snow blows into Copycub's eyes and ice fringes his fur, all he wants to do is lie down and sleep. How will his mother convince him to take just a few more steps?Richard Edwards's simple, gentle text is heartwarming and inspiring. All the rich details of nature and the tender interactions between mother bear and cub are made real in Susan Winter's soft watercolor illustrations.

This warm story of little Copycub and his mother is alive with detail and humour. Splashing through swamps, wandering in search of food, berry-picking, finding honey - Copycub learns everything by copying his mother. As the seasons change, so their behaviour must alter, and when winter comes, Copycub's ability to copy his mother finally saves his life. A beautiful story for bedtime or any time, Copycub combines the magic of fine storytelling with Susan Winter's appealing illustrations, creating a book children will want to linger over, again and again.

In this reassuring tale from a British team, a mother bear affectionately nicknames her offspring "Copycub" because he learns by doing everything she does. "When his mother splashed through a swamp,/ the cub splashed through a swamp./ When his mother sat down for a scratch, the cub sat down for a scratch." The artwork, in close synchrony with the straightforward text, offers warmly rendered, simply composed watercolors that depict the bears leading an idyllic existence in the north woods. Then winter comes, and the bears must head to a distant cave to hibernate. A single snowflake quickly builds to a blizzard, and it is too much for Copycub. In a series of panels, the little bear slowly collapses in the snow: "He couldn't go one step further. All he wanted to do was lie down and go to sleep." It's a somewhat tense, even shocking moment in the previously gentle, almost lulling story: suddenly, Copycub's ability to mimic his mother becomes a matter of life and death. But Edwards and Winter don't shift gears. Rather, this dramatic turn of events reveals the strength of their understated approach. When the next pages reveal the mother bear nudging her exhausted cub successfully to their cave, the audience's relief will be palpable. Ages 3-7. (Sept.)

This warm story of little Copycub and his mother is alive with detail and humour. Splashing through swamps, wandering in search of food, berry-picking, finding honey - Copycub learns everything by copying his mother. As the seasons change, so their behaviour must alter, and when winter comes, Copycub's ability to copy his mother finally saves his life. A beautiful story for bedtime or any time, Copycub combines the magic of fine storytelling with Susan Winter's appealing illustrations, creating a book children will want to linger over, again and again.