Papa Bear makes many promises when he enters politics.

A typically wonderful Oxenbury family sets out with gusto on a bear hunt, and the old story comes to life. Paintings are simply marvelous ... Rosen's retelling is spare, with a driving rhythm, and some new sounds add sparkle to the traditional tale. A predictable story in which brave bear hunters go through grass, a river, mud, and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the bear forces a headlong retreat.

On the eve before his first day at school, a child projects some of his uneasiness onto his teddy bear, Willy.

Bear and his friends introduce the reader to a variety of shapes

Because of an agreement his alcoholic father makes with a circus, 15-year-old Eric begins a long journey south from Alaska with the huge Kodiak bear he raised from a cub

When her favorite stuffed animal is missing at bedtime, Emily tries other animals until her bed is crowded but without Mr. Teddy she cannot fall asleep.

Bear tries repeatedly to learn Lizard's song.