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And in winter, bears sleep. But how do you convince six not-so-sleepy bear cubs to go to bed? Mother bear, of course, has found a way. Mem Fox, beloved author of the bestselling Time for Bed, will enchant bear cubs of all ages with this tender bedtime story, certain to inspire sweet dreams all through the night.



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Mem Fox

Mem Fox was born in Australia, grew up in Africa, studied drama in England, and returned to Adelaide, Australia in 1970, where she has lived with her husband, Malcolm, and daughter Chloe, happily ever after. Mem Fox is Australia's most highly regarded picture-book author. Her first book, , is the best selling children's book ever in Australia, with sales of over three million. And in the USA and have each sold over a million copies. is on Oprah's list of the twenty best children's books of all time. Mem has written thirty picture books for children and five non-fiction books for adults, including the best-selling , aimed at parents of very young children. Mem Fox was an Associate Professor in Literacy Studies at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, where she taught teachers for twenty four years until her early retirement in 1996. She has received many civic awards, honours and accolades in Australia, including two honorary doctorates. She has visited the United States over one hundred times, mostly in her role as a literacy expert although she is also a well-known author in America. She is an influential international consultant in literacy, but she pretends to sit around writing full time. Winner of the Dromkeen Medal (1990) .



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