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y separately published work icon Sleepy Bears single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Sleepy Bears
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'Winter is here and in winter, bears sleep. But how do you convince six not-so-sleepy bear cubs to go to bed? Mother Bear has found a way – with a cosy rhyme for each of them.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • San Diego, California,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
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      Harcourt Brace ,
      1999 .
      Extent: unpagedp.
      Edition info: 1st U.S. edition
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0152020160
    • Kingswood, Mitcham area, Adelaide - South / South East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Working Title Press , 2002 .
      image of person or book cover 1171570550128004989.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website
      Extent: unpagedp.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 1876288280
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Classic Magic : Possum Magic and Other Stories Mem Fox , Tullamarine : Bolinda , 2013 20001646 2013 selected work children's fiction 'A selection of storytelling magic from Australia's most successful author for young children.

    'Mem Fox is Australia's most successful author of books for young children. Her first book, Possum Magic, is the highest selling picture book ever in Australia.

    'Classic Magic, narrated by Mem, is a selection of her most popular and beloved stories.' (Publication summary)
    Tullamarine : Bolinda , 2013
    • Kingswood, Mitcham area, Adelaide - South / South East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Working Title Press , 2025 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Edition info: 25th anniversary edition
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date 5 June 2024

      ISBN: 9781922033178

Works about this Work

[Review] Sleepy Bears Joan Zahnleiter , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 14 no. 3 1999; (p. 26)

— Review of Sleepy Bears Mem Fox , 1999 single work picture book
[Review] Sleepy Bears Jeni Stratford , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 43 no. 4 1999; (p. 18)

— Review of Sleepy Bears Mem Fox , 1999 single work picture book
[Review] Sleepy Bears Jeni Stratford , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 43 no. 4 1999; (p. 18)

— Review of Sleepy Bears Mem Fox , 1999 single work picture book
[Review] Sleepy Bears Joan Zahnleiter , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 14 no. 3 1999; (p. 26)

— Review of Sleepy Bears Mem Fox , 1999 single work picture book
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