Cowley, Joy.
Time for Bed, Little Bear.
New York: Wright Group McGraw-Hill. A beautiful story of a mother bear and her cub preparing for the winter.
McGovern, Ann.
Stone Soup,
Scholastic, Inc. 1968. A beautiful story about a hungry young man who tricked an old lady into giving him some soup.
Minarik, Else Holmelund.
April Fools.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 2003. A day for playing tricks -- April Fools Day. Little Bear wants to play a trick on hiss friends and have some fun.
Minarik, Else Holmelund,
Father Bear’s Special Day.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 2003. Little Bear is very excited because it is Father’s Day and he and his father are going fishing. However, when all of his friends decide to go along Little Bear is disappointed because he wanted Father Bear all to himself.
Minarik, Else Holmelund,
Father’s Flying Flapjacks.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 2002. A young child’s hard cover book with beautiful bright colored pictures. Little Bear and Father Bear decide to give Mother Bear a surprise breakfast. They make their famous flying flapjacks.
Minarik, Else Holmelund,
Father Bear Comes Home.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 1987. The book contains four short stories about Little Bear and his friends. Father Bear returns from his long fishing trip. He doesn’t bring home a mermaid like Little Bear was anticipating but it is still a delightful homecoming.
Minarik, Else Holmelund,
To Grandmother’s House.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 2002. Little Bear is going to visit his grandparents. He loads his wagon with delicious things for them. However, on the way he meets some of his hungry friends and shares the food with them.
Minarik, Else Holmelund,
A Kiss for Little Bear.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 1996. Grandma Bear gives Hen a kiss and asks her to pass it to Little Bear. The kiss gets passed along to many animals and aides in the skunks romance. Finally Little Bear receives his kiss from Grandma.
Minarik, Else Holmelund,
Little Bear.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 1985. This is the first in the series of Little Bear books that Minarik published. It contains three lovely stories about Little Bear’s trip to the moon, his birthday party, and his wishes.
Minarik, Else Holmelund,
Little Bear’s Bad Day.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 2003. Little Bear is having a bad day -- all sorts of terrible things are happening. Inn order for Little Bear to feel better his friends will have to help him.
Minarik, Else Holmelund,
Little Bear’s Friend.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher 1960. The third book in Minarik’s series and all of the Little Bears friends are back -- Owl, Cat, Duck and Hen. In this book, Little Bear meets a new friend -- Emily. Emilyy introduces Little Bear to her doll and the three of them have lots of fun together.
Minarik, Else Holmelund,
Little Bear’s Loose Tooth.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 2002. Little Bear has a loose tooth and all of his friends have ideas about pulling the tooth. A delightful story for children who are at the stage of loosing teeth.
Minarik, Else Holmelund,
Little Bear and the Missing Pie.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 2002. A delightful story where Little Bear and his friends try to solve the mystery of the missing pie that Mother Bear baked for Father.
Minarik, Else Holmelund,
Mother Bear’s Picnic.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 2003. Little Bear and Father Bear plan a special surprise picnic for Mother Bear Mother’s Day.
Minarik, Else Holmelund.
Little Bear’s Visit.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 1961. A visit to Grandma’s place is a lot of fun for Little bear because Grandma tells him stories about robins, goblins, and Mother Bear when she was little.
Minarik, Else Holmelund.
A Present for Mother Bear.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 1958. Cousin Joan tells stories about alligators to Rosa and Willy. Sometimes they behave like the alligators in the stories.
Minarik, Else Holmelund.
A Present for Mother Bear.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 2002. Little Bear wants to find the perfect birthday present for Mother Bear. He asks his friends for suggestions. The friends all have a different idea about what Mother Bear would like for her birthday.
Minarik, Else Holmelund.
The Search for Spring.
New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 2002. It’s been a long cold winter. Little bear is ready for spring. But Little Bear is not sure just when spring will arrive. Little bear and his friends receive help from grumpy groundhog, and welcome their favorite season
