Speak Your Heart: A Coco and Bear Story
By (Author) Apryl Stott
Illustrated by Apryl Stott
Simon & Schuster
Beach Lane Books
11th November 2025
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and be
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Bears
Hardback
40
Width 229mm, Height 254mm, Spine 3mm
Coco and Bear have their first argument in this heartwarming picture book about friendship, communication, and fun in the snow from the creator of Rubys Tools for Making Friends and the New York Times bestseller Share Some Kindness, Bring Some Light.
Coco and Bear cant wait to build a snow castle with their friends Baby Deer and Quilber. But as construction begins, Coco starts to turn their castle into a fort and gets too carried away to listen to Bear when he tries to share his ideas. At last, sweet Bear loses his temper and shouts: LISTEN TO ME, COCO!
Frustrated and hurt, Coco stomps off to build on her own. But after talking with Baby Deer and Quilber, Coco and Bear soon realize they both were in the wrong. They reunite and forgive each other. But to work together, theyll have to find a new way to listen and take turns speaking whats in their hearts.
Apryl Stottloves telling stories, reading, and drawing. She always has paper, a pencil, and a sharpie in her bag for drawing emergencies.Her debut picture book,Share Some Kindness, Bring Some Light, was aNew York Timesbestseller. Apryl also wrote and illustratedAlmost Always Best, Best Friends;Find Your Brave: A Coco and Bear Story; Rubys Tools for Making Friends; and Speak Your Heart: A Coco and Bear Story. Learn more atAprylStottDesign.com.