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Children's picture books written by Else Holmelund Minarik

Little Bear

Little Bear, 1st ed., cover art

Little Bear (1957)
Father Bear Comes Home (1959)
Little Bear's Friend (1960)
Little Bear's Visit (1961)
A Kiss for Little Bear (1968)
To Grandmother's House (2002)
Little Bear's Loose Tooth (2002)
A Present for Mother Bear (2002)
Little Bear's New Friend (2002)
The Search for Spring (2002)
Father's Flying Flapjacks (2002)
Little Bear's Scary Night (2002)
Little Bear Makes a Scarecrow (2002)
Little Bear and the Missing Pie (2002)
Little Bear's Valentine (2002)
April Fools! (2002)
Get Well Soon, Little Bear! (2002)
I Miss You, Father Bear (2003)
The Snowball Fight (2003)
Spring Cleaning (2003)
The Cricket Who Came to Dinner (2003)
Little Bear's Egg (2003)
Father Bear's Special Day (2003)
Mother Bear's Picnic (2003)
Little Bear Makes a Mask (2003)
Little Bear's Picture (2003)
Little Bear's Bad Day (2003)
The Toys' Wedding (2004)
The Butterfly Garden (2004)
Lucky Little Bear (2004)
Lost in Little Bear's Room (2004)
Asleep Under the Stars (2004)
Emily's Birthday (2004)
Little Bear and the Marco Polo (2010)

Author Else Holmelund Minarik Illustrator

Country United States Language English Genre Picture book Publisher

Published 1957–2010 No. of books 34

Little Bear is a series of children's picture books written by Else Holmelund Minarik that primarily involves Little Bear—an anthropomorphic bear cub—his mother and father, and his friends.^[1] Little Bear books have sold millions of copies^[3] and achieved multiple awards and recognitions, including a 1962 Caldecott Honor^[4] and a place on the ALA Notable Children's Books list^[5] and The New York Times Book Review's 1997 list of the best children's books of the previous fifty years.^[3]

The first book in the series, titled Little Bear, was published in 1957 by Harper and Brothers, now known as HarperCollins. It introduces Little Bear and his mother, Mother Bear, and his friends, Cat, Duck, and Hen. The subsequent books in the series—published in 1959, 1960, 1961, and 1968^[3]—introduce Little Bear's father, Father Bear; another of his friends, Owl; a girl he meets named Emily; his grandparents, Grandmother and Grandfather Bear; and some other friends, including two skunks.

These first five Little Bear books, illustrated by Maurice Sendak,^[3] went on to spawn a TV series, which culminated with a direct-to-video feature film^[6] entitled The Little Bear Movie.^[7] The series was animated by the Canadian studio Nelvana and starred Kristin Fairlie as the voice of Little Bear.^[8]

From 2002 to 2004, twenty-eight new Little Bear books were published, authored by Minarik and based on episodes from the TV series. Though Sendak did not return to illustrate this series himself, he did pick its artists:^[9] David T. Wenzel illustrated twelve Little Bear books, Chris Hahner illustrated another twelve, Heather Green illustrated two, and Teri Lee illustrated another two. In 2010, two years prior to her death,^[3] Minarik wrote one final original Little Bear book, Little Bear and the Marco Polo, illustrated by Dorothy Doubleday.^[10]

Little Bear: A friendly, curious, and imaginative bear cub who lives in the forest.
Mother Bear: Little Bear's loving mother, who is always their for her son.
Father Bear: Little Bear's father, a fisherman who is often away at sea.
Grandmother Bear: Little Bear's grandmother, a kind old bear who bakes cakes and tells stories.
Grandfather Bear: Little Bear's grandfather, a jolly old bear who plays with his grandson and tells stories.
Cat, Duck, Hen, and Owl: Little Bear's animal friends.
Emily: A girl who meets and befriends Little Bear.

Else Holmelund Minarik had a long career in writing.^[11] She wrote many books, including the entire Little Bear series. Minarik was born in Denmark in 1920, then moved to New York when she was four years old.^[3] She always loved the fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen, inspiring her own writing.^[1]

She studied Art and Psychology at Queens College, before working as a reporter for the Daily Sentinel of Rome, New York. Shortly thereafter, however, Minarik took up a job as a first-grade teacher on Long Island.^[3] Her teaching career, as well as her daughter, inspired her to finally write Little Bear in 1957.^[1] Before publishing with Harper, Minarik showed Little Bear to Random House, where an editor made a suggestion to change the bears into humans, which she disagreed with. Thirty-four Little Bear books later, Minarik died at the age of 91 in 2012 after her final Little Bear book was published in 2010.^[3]

Maurice Sendak illustrated the first five Little Bear books.^[3] In 1964, he won a Caldecott Medal for his children's picture book, Where The Wild Things Are, becoming known for innovative children's books.^[12] He died in 2012 at the age of 83.^[3]

David T. Wenzel illustrated twelve Little Bear books based on episodes of the Little Bear TV series,^[9] including To Grandmother's House,^[13] The Snowball Fight,^[14] and Lucky Little Bear.^[15]

Chris Hahner illustrated twelve Little Bear books based on episodes of the Little Bear TV series,^[9] including Little Bear's Loose Tooth,^[16] I Miss You, Father Bear,^[17] and The Toys' Wedding.^[18]

Heather Green illustrated Little Bear's New Friend^[19] and Little Bear's Valentine,^[20] based on episodes of the Little Bear TV series.^[9] As a painter and printmaker with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Arizona, she has had exhibitions in New York and Arizona.^[19]

Teri Lee illustrated Father Bear's Special Day^[21] and Mother Bear's Picnic,^[22] based on episodes of the Little Bear TV series.^[9]

Dorothy Doubleday illustrated Little Bear and the Marco Polo, the sixth original Little Bear book, dedicating her illustrations "To my daughter Deirdre, who loved Little Bear."^[23]

Little Bear books by date of publication:

Little Bear (1957): Readers are introduced to Little Bear and his mom, Mother Bear. The reader finds out that Mother Bear knows what Little Bear needs by giving him a warm outfit, a good lunch, and plans a wonderful birthday for him. This book shows us the inner life of Little Bear, his family, and friends.
Father Bear Comes Home (1959): Little Bear goes on many adventures including fishing, managing the hiccups, seeking out mermaids, and welcoming his father home from being at sea.
Little Bear's Friend (1960): Little Bear makes a new friend with a girl named Emily and her doll, Lucy. When Emily has to leave when the summer ends, she leaves a sad Little Bear until they can come up with a solution to stay in touch.
Little Bear's Visit (1961): Little Bear visits his grandparents. Grandfather lets him try on his clothes, and grandmother cooks for him. Little Bear hears stories from their past and enjoys his time with them.
A Kiss for Little Bear (1968): Little Bear sends a hand drawn picture to his Grandmother, and she sends him back a kiss through his friends. The kiss goes from Hen to Cat, then to Little Skunk, and eventually to Little Bear.
Little Bear Makes a Scarecrow (2002): Little Bear uses a scarecrow to keep crows away from his corn, but it is blown away by wind and so he dressed up as a scarecrow himself.
Little Bear's Loose Tooth (2002): Little Bear has a tooth waiting to come out. His friends, Emily, Cat, Duck, and Owl, work together to help him get his tooth out so he can give it to the tooth fairy.
Little Bear's New Friend (2002): Little Bear goes on his first camping trip and makes a new friend: Cub. Cub lives in the woods and helps Little Bear explore his nature-filled home. They go on a wild adventure where Cub shows Little Bear things he's never seen before.
To Grandmother's House (2002): Little Bear gathers delicious snacks in his wagon to take to his Grandmother's house. He meets many hungry friends while he walks along the way and learns how to share.
A Present for Mother Bear (2002): Little Bear searches for the perfect present for Mother Bear's birthday. Each of his friends come up with ideas that they think is best, but Little Bear must make a good choice for Mother Bear.
Little Bear's Valentine (2002): Love is in the air as Little Bear sends valentines to all his friends and his mother. He also tries to figure out who his secret admirer is that sent him a valentine.
Little Bear and the Missing Pie (2002): Little Bear tried to solve the mystery of Father Bear's missing pie with his friends!
Asleep Under the Stars (2004): Among his friends, Little Bear camps out in his garden for a Spring night under the stars. He has never slept outside before so he is nervous, and quickly learns that there are many unknowns outside.
Little Bear and the Marco Polo (2010): In the concluding book to the series, Little Bear finds his Grandfather's old captain's uniform from when he was at sea. His Grandfather then wanted to show Little Bear something more compelling: his boat.

Little Bear books that include several of the books from the series:

Little Bear Treasury (2003)
Adventures of Little Bear (2005)

In 1996, British actor Peter Sallis, best known as the voice of Wallace from the Wallace & Gromit franchise, narrated a pair of audiobooks from the Little Bear book series: Little Bear and Little Bear's Visit.^[24]

The New York Times Book Review named Little Bear "one of the best children's books of the previous half century" in 1997. Critics appreciated Else Holmelund Minarik's rich prose and Maurice Sendak's "Victorian-inflected" illustrations.^[3]

The Little Bear books were the first of an "I-Can-Read" series that includes vocabulary for developing young children to learn. They are known as easy to read books for children learning how to read for the first time. The illustrations are carefully detailed, not cartoony.^[1]

In an interview about the series in 2006, Minarik discussed why she chose bears as the represented animal: "I thought to myself, all children of all colours would be reading the stories. All children love animals. The bear is fine. I love them because Mother took me to the Bronx zoo every day, and I fell in love with the cubs. My bears were a family."

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Reynolds, Anna K. (March 5, 2021). "Books Worth Reading: Else Holmelund Minarik's Little Bear series". Inspire Virtue. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Fox, Margalit (July 18, 2012). "Else Holmelund Minarik Sept. 13, 1920 – July 12, 2012 Writer of Little Bear Series for Children". ProQuest 1026670953. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
^ "Little Bear's Visit". American Library Association. February 27, 2012.
^ "Little Bear (I Can Read Level 1) | Breakwater Books". breakwaterbooks.net. February 18, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
^ Lechner, Ernesto (May 26, 2000). "'Bear's' Cozy World Draws in Toddlers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
^ "'Little Bear' a parent's savior". The Denver Post. April 23, 2007. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
^ Brennan, Patricia (September 10, 1995). "'Little Bear' Cuddles Up to Kids". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: Little Bear's New Friend". Publishers Weekly. April 1, 2002.
^ Langer, Emily (November 18, 2020). "Else Holmelund Minarik, 91, was author of the 'Little Bear' pictures books". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
^ Else Holmelund Minarik. (2012). In Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. Gale.
^ Susina, Jan (2018). "Conversations with Maurice Sendak ed. by Peter C. Kunze (review)". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 43 (1): 112–115. ISSN 1553-1201.
^ Minarik, Else Holmelund; Wenzel, David T. (2002). To Grandmother's House. Internet Archive. HarperFestival. ISBN 978-0-694-01688-4.
^ Minarik, Else Holmelund; Wenzel, David T. (2003). The Snowball Fight. Internet Archive. HarperFestival. ISBN 978-0-694-01693-8.
^ Minarik, Else Holmelund; Wenzel, David T. (2004). Lucky Little Bear. Internet Archive. HarperFestival. ISBN 978-0-694-01700-3.
^ Minarik, Else Holmelund; Hahner, Chris (2002). Little Bear's Loose Tooth. Internet Archive. HarperFestival. ISBN 978-1-404-63722-1.
^ Minarik, Else Holmelund; Hahner, Chris (2003). I Miss You, Father Bear. Internet Archive. HarperFestival. ISBN 978-0-694-01689-1.
^ Minarik, Else Holmelund; Hahner, Chris (2004). The Toys' Wedding. Internet Archive. HarperFestival. ISBN 978-0-060-53417-2.
^ ^a ^b Minarik, Else Holmelund; Green, Heather (2002). Little Bear's New Friend. Internet Archive. HarperFestival. ISBN 978-0-066-23817-3.
^ Minarik, Else Holmelund; Green, Heather (2003). Little Bear's Valentine. Internet Archive. HarperFestival. ISBN 978-0-694-01712-6.
^ Minarik, Else Holmelund; Lee, Teri (2003). Father Bear's Special Day. Internet Archive. HarperFestival. ISBN 978-0-694-01704-1.
^ Minarik, Else Holmelund; Lee, Teri (2003). Mother Bear's Picnic. Internet Archive. HarperFestival. ISBN 978-0-694-01692-1.
^ Minarik, Else Holmelund; Doubleday, Dorothy (2010). Little Bear and the Marco Polo. Internet Archive. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0-060-85487-4.
^ "Little Bear". book-info.com.

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