[Baby Bear and Friends] Series Selection and Awards

·Selected as a New York Times bestseller
·Selected as a Publisher's Weekly bestseller
·International Reading Association Children's Book of the Year
·Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award and Gold Award
·National Parenting Product Award (NAPPA) Grand Prize
·Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award (WCCPBA) Finalist

A winter story from the New York Times bestselling [Baby Bear and Friends] series
A Christmas picture book loved by readers around the world for nearly 20 years.

"Baby Bear's First Christmas" is a winter story from the "Baby Bear and Friends" series. It is a Christmas picture book that gently and warmly depicts the process in which Baby Bear and his friends realize the values ​​of friendship, cooperation, sharing, and consideration while waiting for Christmas.
Since its publication in 2004, it has been loved by readers around the world for nearly 20 years, and has garnered attention from various media and institutions, including being selected as a New York Times and Publisher's Weekly bestseller and winning the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award.
It was first introduced in Korea in 2005 and has been chosen by numerous young readers, and continues to be popular as a Christmas gift.

I want to spend a merry Christmas with my precious friends.
A picture book that makes you think about the true meaning of Christmas.

Baby Bear has never been awake on Christmas before because he sleeps, but he promises to spend this Christmas with his friends.
Friends fly around Baby Bear's face to attract attention, grab his arms and shake them to keep him awake.
The pure hearts of the forest friends who want to spend a special day with their precious friends can be felt.
Baby Bear and his friends begin preparing for Christmas in earnest.
We all work together to go to the pine forest and get wood for the tree, bake cookies and cakes, and brew fragrant tea.
As night falls and the friends fall asleep, hoping for a happy Christmas, Baby Bear is left alone to prepare a surprise gift for his friends.
As dawn came, Baby Bear kept yawning, but he held back his sleepiness.
Thinking about my friends who would be happy to see the gift gave me strength.

"Baby Bear's First Christmas" naturally shows how powerful being "together" is and how great and precious the joy of sharing is, through the process of Baby Bear and his friends preparing for Christmas.
This book, which makes you think again about the true meaning of Christmas, will make an incredibly warm and affectionate Christmas gift for both children and adults.

Illustrations that stand out with their warm colors and delicate touches

The story of Baby Bear and his friends feels even more lovely and warm thanks to Jane Chapman's warm colors and delicate touch in her illustrations.
Jane Chapman, who completed her paintings with acrylic paints, selected soft and warm colors with low saturation, and mixed two or more colors to create the desired color to add warmth to the entire work.
Thanks to the author's meticulous work method, the cold season of winter is expressed much warmer, and the story of Baby Bear and his friends is expressed more gently and cozyly.
Additionally, the use of composition and color contrasts the warmth inside the cave with the chill outside, providing another layer of enjoyment when reading the picture book.


The rich expressions and cute gestures of Baby Bear and his friends are enough to immediately capture children's eyes, and looking at the elements that maximize the Christmas atmosphere, such as the red and green striped socks and winter-like patterns and ornaments, is also one of the joys of reading this book.


As you turn the cover of the book, a pure white forest unfolds before the scene shifts to a cave where a baby bear is snoring loudly and sleeping.
What kind of Christmas will Baby Bear have? Will he be able to spend it with his friends this time? Let's slowly enter the snowy forest as we anticipate Baby Bear's first Christmas.


Full of catchy, repetitive phrases and fun wordplay to follow!

As you turn the pages of the book, the phrase “Baby Bear is not asleep (yet)!” is repeated like a refrain.
It is a device that helps people become more immersed in the situation in the story, and it is intentionally expressed in large letters for emphasis.
As children watch the repeated phrases, they will feel anticipation, thinking, "I wonder if Baby Bear is still asleep!" and "Will Baby Bear be able to celebrate Christmas without falling asleep?" and before they know it, they will be immersed in the story.
Also, onomatopoeia and mimetic words that express the movements and sounds of animals, such as 'dreureungdreureung', 'sreureu', 'kungkung', 'neuritneurit', and 'saegeunsaegeun', not only help children develop their expressive skills, but also introduce them to the fun of reading books out loud.
If you read the picture book while connecting the expressions and movements of Baby Bear and his friends with these expressions, you will be able to enjoy it much more.