We read a fabulous picture book this afternoon that I couldn't hold off to share until next Monday, so I'm posting it today.  For more great children books, visit Elise's Children's Book Monday.

The book is called The Bear That Heard Crying by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock and Helen Kinsey.  The authors are both sisters who wrote this book together.  It is based on the true story of their ancestor Sarah Whitcher.

Sarah is a three year old girl who gets lost in the forest near her home in New Hampshire.  For three days, her family and neighbors go looking for her but with no luck.  They find a child's footprints near a brook alongside those of a bear and fear the worst. 

What happens to Sarah and her encounters with a bear?  Read and find out!  It was such a delight to read this with my children today.   One minute we were laughing about what Sarah thinks the bear really is (I won't give that away).  And the next minute, I'm almost to tears as the search for the child draws to a close due to a dream and miracle.

The illustrations are wonderful.  Almost every other picture is a full page spread.  You don't want to miss out on this book!  It's now one of my new favorites!