Can Bears Ski?

By Raymond Antrobus, Polly Dunbar (Illustrator)

Little Bear discovers why he can't hear his friends and faces a new, loud world.

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40 pages· 588 words· Est. 5 min read-aloud

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Bookroo's summary

Little Bear feels vibrations but misses the sounds around him. Confused by his friends' jokes and a mysterious question, he visits an audiologist. Discovering his deafness, he begins wearing hearing aids. As his world becomes loud, Little Bear, with Dad Bear's support, learns to navigate this new reality.

From the publisher

Is Little Bear ignoring his friends when they say hi, or is something else going on? A discovery opens new doors in a tale that will delight kids with deafness and all children learning to navigate their world. Little Bear feels the world around him. He feels his bed rumble when Dad Bear wakes him up in the morning. He feels the floor shake when his teacher stomps to get his attention. But something else is missing, like when his friends tell jokes that he isn’t sure he understands, or when all around him Little Bear hears the question, “Can bears ski?” Then, one day, Dad Bear takes him to see an “aud-i-olo-gist,” and Little Bear learns that he has been experiencing deafness and will start wearing hearing aids. Soon he figures out what that puzzling refrain is: “Can you hear me?” Little Bear’s new world is LOUD and will take some getting used to, but with the love and support of Dad Bear, he will find his way. In this lyrical picture book, award-winning creators Raymond Antrobus and Polly Dunbar draw on their own experiences to tell Bear’s story.