Lyrically describing the young-at-heart, Henkes plays an artist's game of hot and cold watercolor hues. His hibernation vision of fall includes rust-colored birds and orange fish, and his imaginary winter is a cool blue expanse under stars “of all colors.” When the bear's eyes open on a real spring day, he feels refreshed, if larger and older than his dream self. Full-bleed spreads depict his dreams, first of being small among enormous flowers (“He took a nap in a giant pink crocus”), then of wandering on lush green summer hillsides (“The sky clouded over, and it rained blueberries”). The tawny bear, pictured in full-page or four-to-a-page images, curls in his den, his eyes closed and his paws relaxed. ) masterfully tells of a hibernating bear who “dreamed that spring had come and he was a cub again.” Henkes's surefooted art guides readers through time: a terracotta dust jacket and acorn-brown frontpapers inked with dark brown leaves set the season.
In time for autumn, Henkes ( Kitten's First Full Moon
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