Wake Up, Grouchy Bear! by David Ezra Stein - ADVISABLE

Wake Up, Grouchy Bear! by David Ezra Stein. PICTURE BOOK. Clarion (Harper), 2026. $20. 9780063382664

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre- K, EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE

APPEALS TO: SEVERAL

The other animals are excited for Bear to wake up, so they decide to go to his den and help him. They try everything they can think of, but nothing seems to be working.

I love the animals’ creativity and patience when it comes to waking Bear. A lovely ode to a coming spring.

Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS