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When spring arrives in the mountains, the bears emerge from their dens--all but one. The Great Bear thinks he is awake, but he is still dreaming. In a village below the mountains, a boy everyone calls Short Tail is concerned that no one has seen the Great Bear. Is he still sleeping? If he doesn't wake, he will starve. Short Tail climbs into the mountains to find the Great Bear and slips into a dream of his own, a magical dream in which he finds the Great One. In return for his thoughtfulness and respect, Short Tail is shown a marvelous secret, the bears' dance, to be shared with all of his people.

CLICK HERE to learn where Will got his ideas for this PICTURE BOOK story, and for his other picture book, HOWLING HILL.

This is a companion book to Will's novels, BEARSTONE and BEARDANCE.

Hardcover and paperback publisher: Simon & Schuster