Title Peter Bear And The Thunderstorm Author Linda Collins Grade Focus 3 to 7 years old  Type-Length Book - Approximately 1020 words Keywords & Market Focus Children's fiction, a short lovable story with pictures Market Focus about a little girl and her favourite teddy bear, who she leaves out in the garden in a thunderstorm all night. By the end of the story it hopefully conveys to the children that it can be alright if they leave their beloved bears out in the garden all night after playing, even in a thunderstorm. Author Bio Linda was born in and spent her childhood in Wembley, England where she then married and moved to a village in Essex. She has two children and three wonderful grandchildren. Writing has always been something that she has indulged in. When she was younger she did not have a lot of spare time to pursue her writing so now enjoys every free moment she gets to write.  She enjoys reading her stories to her grandchildren and believes that children can never have too many books to read or indeed, have read to them. Also she feels that children can glean a lot of knowledge and information from all sorts of books. Writing gives her a great deal of pleasure and relaxation. Synopsis Peter Bear is a small medium brown coloured teddy bear who is made of very soft fur and belongs to a little girl named Emma, who takes him with her everywhere. One particular day they are out playing in the garden on her slide, bike and wheelbarrow when suddenly they hear rumbling noises, then it starts to rain. Emma's mummy calls to her to come inside but just as she is about to pick up Peter Bear, there is a flash of light followed by a loud bang. Emma is startled and quickly runs indoors forgetting about Peter. Her mummy tells her not too worry as it is only a thunderstorm and briefly explains why they happen. It is whilst Emma is visiting her grandma after lunch that she realizes she has left Peter Bear outside. Grandma hugs her and tells her that he will be fine. Peter Bear thinks it is good fun being in the garden watching all the flashes of light, listening to the thunder and watching the raindrops jumping on the path. It is getting dark as Peter Bear realizes he has been forgotten and will be outside all night, but is pleased that Emma has at least left him on the doorstep. The following morning Emma opens the door and picks up a very wet bear. She takes him inside and he is put on the boiler to dry. Emma promises Peter that she will not leave him outside in a thunderstorm again. Peter Bear is not drying quickly so is put into the airing cupboard for the night and is dry by the next day. Emma tells him how soft and cuddly he is, then she takes his paw and together they go off into the garden once again to play. Other Information The Author has written a few other short stories. Her agent is currently the Children's Literary Agency (CLA)