Karel Hayes: 10 books

The continuing adventures of Karel Hayes' beloved family of bears as they find clever ways to make the most of a summer cottage yet are able to avoid (sometimes narrowly) discovery by the human owners. In this fifth book in Karel Hayes' acclaimed Visitors series, the family of bears awakens in the...

It’s Christmas at the cottage by the lake and the bears are busy preparing to celebrate. The human owners of the cottage, however, are in the city feeling glum. Until the idea comes to them to spend the holidays at their cottage. What follows is a set of misadventures as the family arrives...

This is the charming and original tale of author Harriet Harrington, who lives alone in a small house in the woods, and prefers it that way. Her persistent friend Monique, however, believes Harriet needs a friend. Monique breeds puppies and she will not take no for an answer. So, a small Bichon Frise...

This is the charming and original tale of author Harriet Harrington, who lives alone in a small house in the woods, and prefers it that way. Her persistent friend Monique, however, believes Harriet needs a friend. Monique breeds puppies and she will not take no for an answer. So, a small Bichon Frise...

It’s Christmas at the cottage by the lake and the bears are busy preparing to celebrate. The human owners of the cottage, however, are in the city feeling glum. Until the idea comes to them to spend the holidays at their cottage. What follows is a set of misadventures as the family arrives...

This charming and highly original story reveals what happens at a vacation cottage once the summer visitors have left for the winter. With fewer than two dozen words, the story is told primarily in pictures. Children and adults will revel in the activities of a family of bears that takes up residence in the empty camp.

This charming and highly original story reveals what happens at a vacation cottage once the summer visitors have left for the winter. With fewer than two dozen words, the story is told primarily in pictures. Children and adults will revel in the activities of a family of bears that takes up residence...

When Tim carves his first lobster buoy, its rough surface suggests a face. So he paints eyes on it, making it a buoy like no other. Tim names the buoy Lucky and, sure enough, it lives up to its name. Lucky's lobster trap is always filled, and the buoy's luck holds out even when Lucky becomes separated...

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...

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...