This book is like Harold and the Purple Crayon on mood-enhancing drugs. The bear has a pencil and uses it to get himself out of scary situations in the forest. He encounters all the stereotypical dangers (wolf, witch, giant) and draws his way hilariously out of danger. The drawing of the wolf realizing the bear has outsmarted him is priceless. The text is simple and easy to understand (my edition is in Spanish).

I have really enjoyed reading Up Bear, Down Bear with my child. The illustrations are wonderful. I would recomend it to all my friends. It has helped build my daughters self esteem because she can read this book and it is not to difficult. It is a great beginner book.

The Spanish translation of this book is BETTER than the original in English. The story, about a father and his children pretending that they are going on a bear hunt, is imaginative and entertaining. And the ending is funny and exciting. (The bear gets away unharmed.) This book is great fun to read aloud. I highly recommend it.

"Bears are curiously appealing to man. We like to think of them as wise, friendly, gentle animals, perhaps like grown-up teddy bears. Scientist who have studied them tell another story." Pg. 9

There is hardly anything that will turn me to a piece of melted butter like kittens and bear cubs. I am absolutely captivated when nature shows reveal the cuteness of baby animal life.

Little rolly-polly bears soon grow up into strong and destructive forces which don't enjoy being caged or tethered and can become bored and aggressive. So, cats it will have to be for me. Bears also have uncertain tempers while cats are mostly always friendly.

The following topics each have two pages: The bears and their relations, Giant cave bears, Eurasian brown bears, Siberian brown bears, Grizzly bears, Kodiak bears, Polar bears, Wanderers of the North, Family Life, American black bears, Asian black bears, Sloth bears, Sun bears, Spectacled bears, Giant pandas, Bears and man, Bears at risk and Saving the bears.

Each bear is pictured in its own environment and is given two pages with full-color illustrations.

Fact File - On the left upper corner of the page, shows order, family, Latin name, color, length, height, weight and range.

Interesting Fact - is next on the left hand section below fact file.

In the center of the page, a picture of the bear and information on the actual bear being discussed.

Bear Watching Around The World - a section introducing subjects like:

How bears began, How bears became scarce, Where can we see grizzly bears, Behavior: how bears live together and Bears and Early humans.

Well until I can have a bear as a pet, I'll just stick to sleeping with a teddy bear. ~:>

An Introduction to Bears.

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Our friend the bear has been asleep all winter. The time for hibernation is over.

One by one bear's friends come by his cave and try to wake him up.

You'd think a lions roar would do the job. What about an acorn dropped on bear's nose by squirrel? Snore, snore, snore. Bear sleeps on.

We have parrots, monkey and even a cat (who looks remarkably like Scarface Claw from the Hairy Mac books) come by the cave and try their best to wake bear. But nothing seems to work.

Eventually 10 different animals have tried to wake bear, with their own tricks, but none succeed. Just then, there is a buzzing sound and we all know what makes buzzing sounds don't we. Z z z z z z

A bear gets very hungry after sleeping all winter and what do bears love to eat most of all?

This book is delightfully illustrated with the pictures and the story cleverly melding. This is one of Lynley Dodd's best books outside of the Hairy Maclary series.

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Our friend the bear has been asleep all winter. The time for hibernation is over.

One by one bear's friends come by his cave and try to wake him up.

You'd think a lions roar would do the job. What about an acorn dropped on bear's nose by squirrel? Snore, snore, snore. Bear sleeps on.

We have parrots, monkey and even a cat (who looks remarkably like Scarface Claw from the Hairy Mac books) come by the cave and try their best to wake bear. But nothing seems to work.

Eventually 10 different animals have tried to wake bear, with their own tricks, but none succeed. Just then, there is a buzzing sound and we all know what makes buzzing sounds don't we. Z z z z z z

A bear gets very hungry after sleeping all winter and what do bears love to eat most of all?

This book is delightfully illustrated with the pictures and the story cleverly melding. This is one of Lynley Dodd's best books outside of the Hairy Maclary series.

Robert J. Kennedy's walk to Alaska is one of the most exciting adventures of all time. His humor, honesty, humility and courage will touch the reader deeply. The book's style is uniquely cryptic, but enjoyable once you get used to it.

No matter what goes wrong, Kennedy maintains an upbeat attitude at all times. His conversations with his buddy Ty, who came to visit Kennedy three times during the walk, are truly delightful and insightful. Several times in the book I was moved to tears. And many more times I found myself laughing out loud.

Kennedy strikingly lacks the crudeness often found in other adventurers. His ineptness is also unique among adventurers, but that only endears him further.

I strongly recommend this book for readers of all ages. Kennedy's story proclaims loudly that chivalry still lives; and it also has a sense of humor.

That so many things could go wrong during a 5-month walk is almost incredible. But the book documents the events with great detail. The reader often feels he or she is right there walking alongside. Or crawling alongside, in some cases.

The bear encounter is truly gripping, due mainly to its remote and dark setting.

Buy this book, but don't expect it to be anything like any other adventure book you have ever read. This is a spiritual journey as well as a physical and romantic one.

I cannot recommend any book more highly.

Walking The Big Wild: From Yellowstone To The Yukon On The Grizzly Bears' Trail by wildlife biologist and member of the Y2Y Conservation Initiative Karsten Heuer, is the expressive and panoramic saga of an incredible 3,400 kilometer hike from the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to the shores of Watson Lake in the Yukon. A captivating, descriptive, informative journey showcasing the splendor of nature and revealing its intense vulnerability to human expansion, Walking The Big Wild is a grand saga of glaciers, wild animals, personal difficulties, and great physical challenges, and very highly recommended reading for non-specialist general readers with an interest in environmental issues, nature and wildlife, and Rocky Mountain and Canadian wilderness enthusiasts.

Long ago in my hippie days I lived in a log cabin in NewEngland. One day a bear came to feast on my bee hives. I moved them tothe porch, and that evening he came to visit my house. These events inspired my sister in law Ferida to write this book. You'll like it.

The most beautiful teaching of the Four Noble Truths. Eli opened my heart by silencing my mind. Eli Jaxon-Bear makes it clear that it is possible for everyone.