When it rains on Bear's birthday, Grandfather decides to take Bear and his boy, Yancy, to a children's play at the museum, where Bear finds the perfect gift for a rainy spring day.

Hazel Hutchins is a master of compelling stories for young people. She has written more than twenty-five books for children and has won numerous awards, including the "Mr. Christie's Book Award," the "Silver Birch Award" and inclusion in the "White Raven Collection of the International Youth Library in Munich."

Ruth Ohi has illustrated many of Hazel Hutchins's picture books. Her joyous, sensitive, and humorous illustrations are familiar to families all over North America.