Bear and his friends rabbit, raven, mole, badger, wren and gopher return to celebrate Christmas! Bear wants to celebrate Christmas with his friends this year and his friends promise to help keep him up! This fun filled, lyrical story depicts the activities the friends engage in as they prepare for Christmas all "..while bear stays up!"

If you loved with other titles in Ms. Wilson's Bear series (Bear Wants More, Bear Snores On, and Bear's New Friend) you will enjoy this book just as much. It is a sweet story of friends loving and caring for one another. The rhyming verse makes the story fun to read aloud (my boys love to chime in with the repeating verse---'bear stays awake!') and the bold, colorful illustrations really enhance the story. We love to read this book aloud, examine what each character is doing and savor the whole experience.