Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?

Jesse Bear, what will you wear?What will you wear in the morning!My shirt of redPulled over my headOver my head in the morning.And so Jesse Bear starts his day. It isn't really an unusual day for a little bear, but the weather is warm and sunny and just right for all the things Jesse Bear enjoys doing -- like playing in his sandbox, chasing butterflies, and swinging in his swing.At the end of the day, a tired Jesse Bear is ready for bed, and for wearingSleep in my eyesAnd stars in the skiesMoon on my bedAnd dreams in my head...Lilting verse and exuberant paintings combine to make Jesse Bear's day a very special one indeed, in a book that even the youngest readers will want to return to again and again.

Nancy White Carlstrom grew up in Washington, Pennsylvania, where she worked in the children's book department of the Citizen's Library while she was in high school. A graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois, she is the founder of the Secret Garden Children's Bookshop in Seattle, which she owned and managed for six and one-half years. She lives in Seattle with her husband, David, and young son, Jesse. This is her first book.