Restless Little Bear defies drowsy dens to stake out Santa, spotting "sneaks" that snag as parental pilfering of pies and parcels. Cuddled vigil yields no jolly glimpse, but dawn's delights dawn the truth: magic manifests in morning's merry mound. Warnes's twinkly tableaux twinkle Bedford's twinkly tease, a bilingual board-book balm believing in belief's blissful blur.
