The Summer Visitors

AUTHOR: Karel Hayes
ILLUSTRATOR: Karel Hayes

From the Publisher:

This follow-up to the successful The Winter Visitors, traces the interactions between a family of bears and a human family during their summer stay at a lake cottage. Told primarily through illustration, with only a few dozen words in the book, children and parents (and grandparents) alike will delight in following the antics of the bumbling bears as they enjoy the comforts of cottage life, but also try to avoid detection by their human hosts.

Leah’s Thoughts:

This one is mostly told through pictures, with just a little text, and it works so well. My boys had fun spotting what the bear family was doing in the background while the humans went about their vacation. It’s light, playful, and perfect for summertime, especially if your kids love animal stories or wordless books.