Bub, Snow, and the Burly Bear Scare - Paperback

by Carol Wallace (Author), Bill Wallace (Author), John Steven Gurney (Illustrator)

A young moose makes new friends and encounters unexpected danger while journeying across the snowy mountains with is mother in this funny and action-packed illustrated middle grade adventure.

When winter comes, Bub the moose knows it's time for him and his mother to travel across the mountains and find a valley with less snow and more food. On the way, Bub meets Snow the wolf pup and Chippy the beaver, who have their own ways of getting through the winter. And, despite his mom's warnings about people, Bub eats the hay left out by children who want to help the small, hungry moose family.

After braving the elements, Bub is ready to take things easy when they reach the valley. It's much warmer and there's food aplenty, as well as new friends Raney and Sweet Pea--draft horses on a nearby farm. But their safety is threatened by a grizzly bear named Burly who scares the valley residents.

Bub is scared too, but he wants to protect his friends. Can he overcome his fear and discover the kind of moose he wants to be?

Author Biography

Carol Wallace graduated from the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts and received her master's degree in elementary education from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She taught second grade and wrote several award-winning books for children with her husband, Bill Wallace.

Bill Wallace (1947-2012) grew up in Oklahoma, where he and his friends rode horses, went fishing, and had campouts. His stories were inspired by these childhood adventures. Bill won nineteen children's state awards and was awarded the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award for Children's Literature from the Oklahoma Center for the Book.

John Steven Gurney is the author and illustrator of the Fuzzy Baseball graphic novel series and the picture book Dinosaur Train. He has illustrated over 140 chapter books, including the A to Z Mysteries, The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, and the Calendar Mysteries series. He studied illustration at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and received his MFA in illustration from the Hartford Art School. He teaches illustration and design at Kutztown University. John lives in Vermont with his wife Kathie. More than forty people from his town have posed as characters for his books. He loves running and cycling, except when there's too much snow, in which case he cross-country skis and plays racquetball.