{"id":6040,"date":"2013-09-09T12:35:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T16:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/?p=6040"},"modified":"2021-08-14T23:42:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T03:42:42","slug":"great-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/great-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Great bears! Teddy bears, famous bears, bears in the sky, bear stories, bear science, and the peculiar history of Gummi Bears. AND a recipe for Bear Cupcakes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9bbc3b6a64\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9bbc3b6a64\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/great-bears\/#TEDDY_BEARS\" >TEDDY BEARS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/great-bears\/2\/#BEAR_STORIES\" >BEAR STORIES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/great-bears\/3\/#BEARS_IN_THE_SKY\" >BEARS IN THE SKY<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/great-bears\/3\/#REAL_BEARS\" >REAL BEARS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/great-bears\/4\/#GUMMI_BEARS_WITH_SCIENCE\" >GUMMI BEARS (WITH SCIENCE)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/great-bears\/4\/#_BEAR_POEMS_AND_SONGS\" >\u00a0BEAR POEMS AND SONGS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/great-bears\/4\/#BEARS_AND_MATH\" >BEARS AND MATH<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/great-bears\/4\/#BEAR_ARTS_AND_CRAFTS\" >BEAR ARTS AND CRAFTS<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"TEDDY_BEARS\"><\/span><b>TEDDY BEARS<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bear-in-air-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bear-in-air-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bear-in-air-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bear-in-air-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bear-in-air.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Susan Meyers\u2019s <i>Bear in the Air<\/i> (Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2010), Bear bounces out his owner\u2019s stroller and is grabbed by a dog who dashes off with him down the beach. Bear has a lot of adventures, including a dive with a seal and a flight with a pelican, before he finally makes it back home. A sweet story with charming flapper-era illustrations. For ages 2-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wheres-my-teddy-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wheres-my-teddy-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wheres-my-teddy.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Jez Alborough\u2019s <i>Where\u2019s My Teddy?<\/i> (Candlewick, 1994) is a comedy of mistaken identities. Eddie, braving the woods at night to search for Freddie, his lost teddy bear, instead comes upon a real bear\u2019s enormous teddy. (\u201cHow did you get to be this size?\u201d he wonders.) At the same time, in another part of the forest, the upset bear has found Freddie, and believes it to be his own teddy, now shrunk dismayingly small. (It all sorts itself out nicely in the end.) For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/teddy-bears-picnic-300x275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/teddy-bears-picnic-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/teddy-bears-picnic.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Jimmy Kennedy\u2019s picture book <i>The Teddy Bears\u2019 Picnic<\/i> (Aladdin, 2000) is an illustrated version of the catchy 1907 song. (\u201cIf you go down in the woods today\/You\u2019re sure of a big surprise\u2026\u201d) For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>Listen to the song <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Teddy-Bears-Picnic-Various-Artists\/dp\/B00005K9U1\/\">The Teddy Bear\u2019s Picnic<\/a>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/freeman_corduroy_large-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/freeman_corduroy_large-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/freeman_corduroy_large-1024x807.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/freeman_corduroy_large-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/freeman_corduroy_large.jpg 1316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>The star of Don Freeman\u2019s <i>Corduroy<\/i> (Puffin, 1976) is an endearing teddy bear in green overalls who has lost a button. Once all the shoppers have left his department store at night, off he goes in search of it, having misadventures with escalators and lamps along the way. Eventually, still button-less, he\u2019s nabbed and returned to his shelf by the night watchman \u2013 but the story ends happily when a little girl loves him, buys him, takes him home, and sews on a new button. There\u2019s a sequel: <i>A Pocket for Corduroy<\/i>. For ages 3-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ira-Sleeps-Over-book-activity-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ira-Sleeps-Over-book-activity-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ira-Sleeps-Over-book-activity.jpg 541w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Bernard Waber\u2019s <i>Ira Sleeps Over<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1975), Ira is thrilled to be spending the night at his friend Reggie\u2019s house, until his sister raises the question of Ira\u2019s teddy bear. What will Reggie think of Ira when he finds out that he sleeps with a teddy bear? And that it\u2019s named Tah Tah? However, it turns out that Ira\u2019s not the only kid with a teddy bear. A delightful read for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">teddy<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Teddy-Bear-McPhail-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Teddy-Bear-McPhail-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Teddy-Bear-McPhail-1024x914.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Teddy-Bear-McPhail-768x685.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Teddy-Bear-McPhail.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In David McPhail\u2019s <i>The Teddy Bear<\/i> (Square Fish, 2005), a little boy mistakenly leaves his beloved teddy bear behind in a restaurant. The bear is tossed in the trash and rescued by a homeless man, who comes to love him. Sometime later the little boy \u2013 the original owner \u2013 spots his bear, where the homeless man has left it propped on a park bench. At first he\u2019s thrilled to have his bear back, but then \u2013 when he sees the homeless man\u2019s distress \u2013 he gives him back the bear. A discussion promoter for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/winnie-the-pooh-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/winnie-the-pooh-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/winnie-the-pooh-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/winnie-the-pooh-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/winnie-the-pooh.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In A.A. Milne\u2019s <i>Winnie-the-Pooh<\/i>, first published in 1926, the pudgy and lovable Bear of Very Little Brain was based on the teddy bear belonging to Milne&#8217;s son Christopher Robin. There are a lot of Disney Pooh books on the market; don\u2019t fall for them. Get an edition with the original Ernest H. Shepard illustrations. Also see the sequel, <i>The House on Pooh Corner<\/i>. For ages 5 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2013\/05\/hear_the_classic_iwinnie-the-poohi_read_by_author_aa_milne_in_1929.html\">Open Culture<\/a> has a rare 1929 recording of A.A. Milne reading a chapter of <i>Winnie-the-Pooh<\/i> (\u201cIn Which Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting and Nearly Catch a Woozle\u201d).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pooh-at-nypl-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pooh-at-nypl-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pooh-at-nypl-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pooh-at-nypl.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Learn about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nypl.org\/about\/locations\/schwarzman\/childrens-center-42nd-street\/pooh\">REAL Winnie-the-Pooh<\/a> at the New York Public Library.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-bear-called-paddington-1-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-bear-called-paddington-1-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-bear-called-paddington-1-661x1024.jpg 661w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-bear-called-paddington-1-768x1190.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-bear-called-paddington-1-991x1536.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-bear-called-paddington-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Michael Bond\u2019s <i>A Bear Called Paddington<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2002), originally published in 1958, introduces the adorable but disaster-prone Paddington, first encountered by the Brown family in Paddington station, wearing a label around his neck reading \u201cPlease Look After This Bear.\u201d He comes from Darkest Peru (sent to England by his Aunt Lucy who is now in a Home for Retired Bears); he wears a strange squashy hat; and he\u2019s very fond of marmalade. Many sequels. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>See the official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paddingtonbear.com\/\">Paddington Bear<\/a> website for games and activities, information on the author and illustrators, Paddington postcards, and synopses of all the books.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/polar-titanic-bear-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/polar-titanic-bear-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/polar-titanic-bear-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/polar-titanic-bear.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Daisy Corning Stone Spedden, <i>Polar the Titanic Bear<\/i> (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2001) is a story of family life in the Edwardian era culminating in the voyage of the ill-fated <i>Titanic<\/i>, all told from the point of view of a little boy\u2019s stuffed bear. The book was written in 1913; the author and her family were <i>Titanic<\/i> survivors. Illustrated with paintings and photographs. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/otto-the-autobiography-of-a-teddy-bear-hardcover_1_fullsize-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/otto-the-autobiography-of-a-teddy-bear-hardcover_1_fullsize-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/otto-the-autobiography-of-a-teddy-bear-hardcover_1_fullsize-735x1024.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/otto-the-autobiography-of-a-teddy-bear-hardcover_1_fullsize-768x1070.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/otto-the-autobiography-of-a-teddy-bear-hardcover_1_fullsize.jpg 1077w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Tomi Ungerer\u2019s <i>Otto: The Autobiography of a Teddy Bear<\/i> (Phaidon Press, 2010), Otto is a bear who lives through hard times. His original owner is David, a Jewish boy growing up in Germany just before World War II. When David and family are taken away by the military, David passes Otto on to his best friend Oskar. When Oskar\u2019s town is bombed, Otto is found on the battlefield, where an American soldier picks him up just in time to block a bullet. After the war, Otto goes home with the soldier to America, only to be stolen by a gang of delinquents. He\u2019s rescued by an antiques dealer, where he\u2019s eventually noticed in the dealer\u2019s shop window by a visiting German \u2013 Oskar. The story of Oskar and Otto makes the newspapers, where it\u2019s read by David. At the end of the book, the three friends are reunited. A difficult subject made accessible by a very gallant bear. For ages 8 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>For more resources, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/the-holocaust\/\">The Holocaust<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/legend-of-teddy-bear-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/legend-of-teddy-bear-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/legend-of-teddy-bear-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/legend-of-teddy-bear.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Frank Murphy\u2019s <i>The Legend of the Teddy Bear<\/i> (Sleeping Bear Press, 2000) is the story of Theodore Roosevelt\u2019s famous refusal to shoot a trapped bear \u2013 which so captivated the American public that stuffed bears thereafter were called \u201cteddy bears.\u201d For ages 5-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/roosevelt-bears-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/roosevelt-bears-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/roosevelt-bears-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/roosevelt-bears-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/roosevelt-bears-1158x1536.jpg 1158w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/roosevelt-bears-1544x2048.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/roosevelt-bears.jpg 1930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Seymour Eaton\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flayrah.com\/4178\/retrospective-seymour-eatons-roosevelt-bears\">The Roosevelt Bears<\/a> \u2013 respectively Teddy-B and Teddy-G \u2013 were the original \u201cteddy bears,\u201d first appearing in newspaper cartoons and books in the early 1900s.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>From the Smithsonian, see <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/2012\/12\/the-history-of-the-teddy-bear-from-wet-and-angry-to-soft-and-cuddly\/\">The History of the Teddy Bear<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>BEAR STORIES<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BrownBearBrownBearWhatDoYouSee-bbbcf28634044b61aa0b37c318e80ac2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BrownBearBrownBearWhatDoYouSee-bbbcf28634044b61aa0b37c318e80ac2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BrownBearBrownBearWhatDoYouSee-bbbcf28634044b61aa0b37c318e80ac2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BrownBearBrownBearWhatDoYouSee-bbbcf28634044b61aa0b37c318e80ac2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BrownBearBrownBearWhatDoYouSee-bbbcf28634044b61aa0b37c318e80ac2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BrownBearBrownBearWhatDoYouSee-bbbcf28634044b61aa0b37c318e80ac2.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Bill Martin, Jr.\u2019s <em>Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?<\/em> (Henry Holt and Co., 1996), a rhythmic repetitive text is paired with gorgeous paper-collage illustrations of colorful animals (brown bear, red bird, purple cat, green frog, blue horse) by Eric Carle. For ages 2-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13687\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/visitor-for-bear-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/visitor-for-bear-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/visitor-for-bear-1024x891.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/visitor-for-bear-768x668.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/visitor-for-bear-1536x1337.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/visitor-for-bear-2048x1783.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Bonny Becker\u2019s delightful <i>A Visitor for Bear<\/i> (Candlewick, 2012) \u2013 with wonderful and witty illustrations by Kady Denton \u2013 Bear doesn\u2019t like company. His door even boasts an enormous sign: NO VISITORS ALLOWED. Then the persistent Mouse shows up, and eventually Bear discovers the error of his ways. Sequels include <i>A Birthday for Bear<\/i> and <i>Bedtime for Bear<\/i>. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blueberries-for-sal-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blueberries-for-sal-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blueberries-for-sal.jpg 616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Robert McCloskey\u2019s <i>Blueberries for Sal<\/i> (Viking Juvenile, 1948), Sal and a bear cub have both gone with their mothers to the same Maine blueberry patch for blueberries \u2013 and suddenly there\u2019s a dreadful mix-up. A classic for ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/little-bear-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/little-bear-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/little-bear-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/little-bear-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/little-bear-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/little-bear.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>The main character of Else Holmelund Minarik\u2019s <i>Little Bear<\/i> (HarperTrophy, 1978) is a furry and imaginative charmer: this, the first of the Little Bear books, has four short stories in which Little Bear variously plays in the snow, makes birthday soup, flies to the moon, and makes a special wish. Several sequels. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bear-hunt-300x265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bear-hunt-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bear-hunt-1024x906.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bear-hunt-768x680.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bear-hunt-1536x1359.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bear-hunt.jpg 1606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Michael Rosen, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, <em>We&#8217;re Going on a Bear Hunt<\/em> (Little, Brown, 1997) is a classic and hilarious adventure, as a family romps across the countryside hunting for a bear. For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bear-hunt-map-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bear-hunt-map-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bear-hunt-map.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Visit Spruce Crafts for a list of cool bear crafts, including a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buggyandbuddy.com\/going-bear-hunt-map-activity\/\">bear hunt map project<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Berenstain-Bears-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Berenstain-Bears-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Berenstain-Bears-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Berenstain-Bears-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Berenstain-Bears-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Berenstain-Bears-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Berenstain-Bears-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>There are many many improving titles in Jan and Stan Berenstain\u2019s <i>Berenstain Bears<\/i> series (Random House), in which Brother and Sister Bear learn about the evils of junk food, greediness, too much television, and teasing, discover the importance of telling the truth, doing chores, and minding their manners, and cope with the doctor, the dentist, bad dreams, and bad habits. I am not fond of these \u2013 doofy Papa Bear and moralizing Mama Bear are a little much for me \u2013 but a lot of kids love them. Even a couple of mine. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/no-bears-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/no-bears-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/no-bears.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Meg McKinlay\u2019s <em>No Bears<\/em> (Candlewick, 2012), Ella explains that a good story should have a princess, a fairy godmother, and a monster \u2013 but NO BEARS. (But there are helpful bears everywhere.) For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bear-has-a-story-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bear-has-a-story-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bear-has-a-story-1024x953.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bear-has-a-story-768x715.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bear-has-a-story-1536x1430.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bear-has-a-story.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Philip C. Stead\u2019s <i>Bear Has a Story to Tell<\/i> (Roaring Brook Press, 2012), Bear wants to tell a story before curling up in his den to hibernate, but his friends \u2013 Mouse, Duck, Frog, and Mole \u2013 are all too busy preparing for winter to listen. Patient Bear lends them all a helping paw \u2013 and then, winter over, the friends regroup and Bear prepares to tell his story again. Unfortunately, he can\u2019t remember what he was going to say \u2013 though it turns out that all he needs is a little prompting from his pals. For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Want-My-Hat-Back-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Want-My-Hat-Back-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Want-My-Hat-Back-727x1024.jpg 727w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Want-My-Hat-Back-768x1082.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Want-My-Hat-Back-1091x1536.jpg 1091w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Want-My-Hat-Back-1454x2048.jpg 1454w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Want-My-Hat-Back.jpg 1592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Jon Klassen\u2019s poker-faced <i>I Want My Hat Back<\/i> (Candlewick, 2011), a bear has lost his hat and proceeds to question a long list of woodland creatures, all of whom deny knowledge of the hat, including the rabbit, who is obviously wearing it. Then realization dawns. (\u201cWAIT! I HAVE SEEN MY HAT!\u201d) For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goldilocks-Marshall-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goldilocks-Marshall-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goldilocks-Marshall-811x1024.jpg 811w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goldilocks-Marshall-768x970.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goldilocks-Marshall-1217x1536.jpg 1217w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goldilocks-Marshall-1622x2048.jpg 1622w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goldilocks-Marshall.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>James Marshall\u2019s version of <i>Goldilocks and the Three Bears<\/i> (Puffin, 1998) treats the traditional tale with wit and pizzazz. His Goldilocks is both naughty (\u201cWhat a sweet child,\u201d remarks a newcomer to town. \u201cThat\u2019s what <i>you<\/i> think!\u201d retorts another.) and clueless (confronted with brown fur in the bear\u2019s house, she concludes \u201cThey must have kitties!\u201d). For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goldilocks-Spirin-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goldilocks-Spirin-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goldilocks-Spirin-888x1024.jpg 888w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goldilocks-Spirin-768x885.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goldilocks-Spirin-1333x1536.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goldilocks-Spirin-1777x2048.jpg 1777w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goldilocks-Spirin.jpg 1998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Gennady Spirin\u2019s <i>Goldilocks and the Three Bears<\/i> (Two Lions, 2009), a simple traditional text is paired with gorgeous Renaissance backgrounds and costumes. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13654\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dancing-larry-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dancing-larry-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dancing-larry.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Daniel Pinkwater\u2019s Larry is a polar bear with style. He likes blueberry muffins and ballet, enjoys his job as a lifeguard, and lives in a hotel. Some of the Larry books are (rrr) out of print, but can be obtained inexpensively from used-book stores \u2013 and for free from public libraries. Titles include <i>At the Hotel Larry<\/i>, <i>Sleepover Larry<\/i>, <i>Dancing Larry<\/i>, and <i>Ice-Cream Larry<\/i>. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/irving-and-muktuk-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/irving-and-muktuk-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/irving-and-muktuk-815x1024.jpg 815w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/irving-and-muktuk-768x965.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/irving-and-muktuk-1223x1536.jpg 1223w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/irving-and-muktuk.jpg 1274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>For fans of Larry, also check out Pinkwater\u2019s Irving and Muktuk, who are Bad Bears. Havoc follows in their wake. Titles include <i>Irving and Muktuk: Two Bad Bears<\/i>, <i>Bad Bear Detectives<\/i>, <i>Bad Bears in the Big City<\/i>, and <i>Bad Bears and a Bunny<\/i>. Like all Pinkwater books, clever and hilarious.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/polar-opposites-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/polar-opposites-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/polar-opposites.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>By Erik Brooks, <i>Polar Opposites<\/i> (Two Lions, 2010) is the story of Alex, a polar bear who lives in the Arctic, and Zina, a penguin who lives in the Antarctic. They\u2019re not at all alike \u2013 Alex is big and Zina is small, Alex is loud and Zina is quiet \u2013 but when they meet at the equator, it\u2019s clear that the disparate pair are best friends.\u00a0 For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>From the Crafty Crow, fun accompaniments for <em>Polar Opposites<\/em> are the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecraftycrow.net\/2012\/01\/penguin-and-polar-bear-crafts.html\">Penguin and Polar Bear Crafts<\/a>, which include a handprint polar bear, a polar bear mask, penguin bean bags, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-am-going-to-save-a-panda-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-am-going-to-save-a-panda-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-am-going-to-save-a-panda-1022x1024.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-am-going-to-save-a-panda-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-am-going-to-save-a-panda-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-am-going-to-save-a-panda-1532x1536.jpg 1532w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-am-going-to-save-a-panda-2043x2048.jpg 2043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Lauren Child\u2019s <i>I Am Going to Save a Panda<\/i> (Grosset &amp; Dunlap, 2010) \u2013 starring the perpetually entertaining Charlie and Lola \u2013 it\u2019s Save the Animals Week and Lola and friend Lotta are bent on raising money to save a panda bear. Then Lola comes down with chicken pox. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-jungle-book-1517423196-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-jungle-book-1517423196-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-jungle-book-1517423196-696x1024.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-jungle-book-1517423196.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Rudyard Kipling\u2019s <i>The Jungle Book<\/i> \u2013 originally published in 1894 and now available in many editions \u2013 is a collection of wonderful short stories, many of them about Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, who \u2013 with the help of Baloo the Bear and Bagheera the panther \u2013 battles the tiger Shere Khan. (The collection also includes the story of \u201cRikki-Tikki-Tavi,\u201d the little mongoose who fights cobras.) For ages 6 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jungle-book-movie-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jungle-book-movie-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jungle-book-movie.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In the Disney film version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0061852\/\">The Jungle Book<\/a> (1967), Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther try to convince young Mowgli (the &#8220;man-cub&#8221;) to return to his own kind in order to keep him safe from Shere Khan, the tiger. Baloo sings \u201cBear Necessities.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bears-on-hemlock-mountain-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bears-on-hemlock-mountain-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bears-on-hemlock-mountain-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bears-on-hemlock-mountain-768x1112.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bears-on-hemlock-mountain-1061x1536.jpg 1061w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bears-on-hemlock-mountain-1415x2048.jpg 1415w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bears-on-hemlock-mountain.jpg 1727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Alice Dagliesh\u2019s <i>The Bears on Hemlock Mountain<\/i> (Aladdin, 1992) \u2013 originally written in 1952 and based on an old Pennsylvania tale \u2013 young Jonathan is sent on a journey over Hemlock Mountain on an errand for his mother. Everybody has told him that there are no bears \u2013 NO BEARS \u2013 on Hemlock Mountain, but it turns out that everybody was dead wrong. Luckily Jonathan is equipped with a large iron pot. For ages 6-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/timmy-failure-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/timmy-failure-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/timmy-failure-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/timmy-failure-768x1179.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/timmy-failure-1000x1536.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/timmy-failure-1334x2048.jpg 1334w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/timmy-failure.jpg 1613w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Stephan Pastis\u2019s hilarious comic novel <i>Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made<\/i> (Candlewick, 2013), eleven-year-old Timmy is the hapless CEO of the best detective agency in the world (Total Failure, Inc.) \u2013 in company with Total, his business partner, a large and lazy polar bear with a habit of eating trash. A hoot for ages 8 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/winnies-great-war-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/winnies-great-war-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/winnies-great-war.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Lindsay Mattick\u2019s <em>Winnie\u2019s Great War<\/em> (Little, Brown, 2018) is the fictionalized story of the real-life little bear who traveled from the Canadian forest to Europe during World War I, and eventually inspired the story of Winnie the Pooh. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/finding-winnie-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/finding-winnie-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/finding-winnie-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/finding-winnie-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/finding-winnie-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/finding-winnie-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/finding-winnie-2048x2046.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>For a picture-book version of the story for younger kids, see Mattick&#8217;s <em>Finding Winnie<\/em> (Little, Brown, 2015). For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/journey-of-pale-bear-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/journey-of-pale-bear-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/journey-of-pale-bear-658x1024.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/journey-of-pale-bear-768x1196.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/journey-of-pale-bear-986x1536.jpg 986w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/journey-of-pale-bear-1315x2048.jpg 1315w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/journey-of-pale-bear.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Set in the 13<sup>th<\/sup> century, Susan Fletcher\u2019s <em>Journey of the Pale Bear<\/em> (Margaret K. McElderry, 2018), is the story of a bear sent as a gift from the King of Norway to the King of England \u2013 and befriended en route by young Arthur, a runaway. An adventurous story based on a true account of the \u201cpale bear\u201d kept by Henry III in his menagerie in the Tower of London. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/golden-compass-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/golden-compass-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/golden-compass-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/golden-compass-768x1143.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/golden-compass-1032x1536.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/golden-compass-1376x2048.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/golden-compass.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Among the most fascinating and powerful characters in Philip Pullman\u2019s His Dark Materials trilogy are the great armored bears of the far North. Titles in the trilogy are <i>The Golden Compass<\/i>, <i>The Subtle Knife<\/i>, and <i>The Amber Spyglass<\/i>. A challenging and wonderful read for ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>In the film version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0385752\/\">The Golden Compass<\/a> (2007), Iorek Byrnison, everyone\u2019s favorite armored bear, is voiced by Ian McKellen. Rated PG-13.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/touching-spirit-bear-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/touching-spirit-bear-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/touching-spirit-bear-632x1024.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/touching-spirit-bear.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Ben Mikaelsen\u2019s <i>Touching Spirit Bear<\/i> (HarperTeen, 2005) is the story of teenage delinquent Cole Matthews who faces a prison sentence for severely beating a classmate. Due to the intervention of a Tlingit parole officer, however, Cole opts for Native American Circle Justice \u2013 in lieu of jail, he\u2019ll spend a year on his own on a remote Alaskan island. There he encounters (almost fatally) a great white bear and learns to come to terms with himself and his troubles. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/never-say-die-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/never-say-die-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/never-say-die-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/never-say-die-768x1162.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/never-say-die-1016x1536.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/never-say-die.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Will Hobbs\u2019s <i>Never Say Die<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2013), Nick \u2013 a 15-year-old half-Inuit boy \u2013 accompanies his older brother Ryan, a nature photographer, on a trip to the Arctic. After their raft is lost in a log jam, the trip turns into a harrying struggle to survive. The brothers are traveling through grizzly country, and there\u2019s an especially dangerous grolar \u2013 a hybrid grizzly-polar bear \u2013 on the prowl. Adventure, danger, and a strong climate change message for ages 11 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/go-down-moses-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/go-down-moses-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/go-down-moses.jpg 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>William Faulkner\u2019s short story, &#8220;The Bear,&#8221; appears in Faulkner&#8217;s short story collection <em>Go Down, Moses<\/em> (Vintage Press, 1991). For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>BEARS IN THE SKY<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/big-dipper-Branley-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/big-dipper-Branley-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/big-dipper-Branley.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>The constellation we know as the Big Dipper is really an asterism \u2013 a subset of a larger constellation known as Ursa Major, or the Great Bear. Learn all about it in Franklyn Branley\u2019s <i>The Big Dipper<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1991), one of the Let\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. Readers learn the names of all the stars in the Dipper, discover how the Dipper is oriented in the sky in different seasons, and find out how to locate the North Star. For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/zoo-in-sky-1-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/zoo-in-sky-1-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/zoo-in-sky-1-1024x797.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/zoo-in-sky-1-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/zoo-in-sky-1-1536x1195.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/zoo-in-sky-1-2048x1593.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>By Jacqueline Mitton, <i>Zoo in the Sky: A Book of Animal Constellations<\/i> (National Geographic Children\u2019s Books, 2006) \u2013 illustrated with fantastical paintings on which the shape of the constellation is outlined in shiny stars \u2013 covers, among others, the Great and Little Bears. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12028\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Earth-Under-Sky-Bear-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Earth-Under-Sky-Bear-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Earth-Under-Sky-Bear.jpg 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Joseph Bruchac\u2019s <i>The Earth Under Sky Bear\u2019s Feet<\/i> (Puffin, 1998) is a collection of 12 poems based on a range of native American peoples describing what the Sky Bear \u2013 the Big Dipper \u2013 sees as she circles the Earth each night. Illustrated with lovely paintings by Thomas Locker. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>From EarthSky, <a href=\"http:\/\/earthsky.org\/favorite-star-patterns\/big-and-little-dippers-highlight-northern-sky\">Big and Little Dippers<\/a> has excellent reader-friendly explanations, illustrated with diagrams and photographs. Find out the names of the Big Dipper stars and how far they are from Earth, read the legends of the Bears, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>For many more resources, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/astronomy\/\">Astronomy<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>REAL BEARS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/if-you-were-a-panda-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/if-you-were-a-panda-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/if-you-were-a-panda-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/if-you-were-a-panda.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Florence Minor\u2019s <i>If You Were a Panda Bear<\/i> \u2013 with wonderful illustrations by Wendell Minor \u2013 introduces young readers to the major species of bears (panda, sloth bear, polar bear, American black bear, and more) by means of a charming rhyming text. Added at the end are lists of Bear Fun Facts and resources. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/grizzly-bears-Gibbon-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/grizzly-bears-Gibbon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/grizzly-bears-Gibbon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/grizzly-bears-Gibbon.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>By Gail Gibbons, <i>Grizzly Bears<\/i> (Holiday House, 2003) introduces kids to grizzlies through large appealing pictures and a straightforward text. Included are info on grizzly size, speed, behavior, and habitat. A helpful note at the end explains what to do if you\u2019re ever threatened by a grizzly. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>From Animal Planet, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animalplanet.com\/tv-shows\/wild-kingdom\/about-animals\/the-first-grizzlies\/\">A Grizzly Chronology<\/a> is a detailed and fascinating history of grizzly bears.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Camp-Panda-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Camp-Panda-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Camp-Panda-824x1024.jpg 824w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Camp-Panda-768x954.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Camp-Panda-1236x1536.jpg 1236w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Camp-Panda-1648x2048.jpg 1648w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Camp-Panda.jpg 2012w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/b>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>Catherine Thimmesh\u2019s award-winning <em>Camp Panda<\/em> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018) is a photo-illustrated account of returning young pandas to the wild. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bearology-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bearology-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bearology-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bearology-768x1116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bearology-1057x1536.jpg 1057w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bearology-1409x2048.jpg 1409w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bearology.jpg 1653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/b><\/b>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Sylvia Dolson\u2019s <i>Bear-ology<\/i> (PixyJack Press, 2009) is an illustrated compendium of \u201cFascinating Bear Facts, Tales, and Trivia.\u201d Included: information on bear myths, ancestral bears, bears\u2019 relationships with humans, symbolic bears, and accounts of famous bears. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bears-brief-history-175x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bears-brief-history-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bears-brief-history.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/b><\/b>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Bernd Brunner\u2019s <i>Bears: A Brief History<\/i> (Yale University Press, 2009)\u00a0 is a book for the serious bear student: nearly 300 pages of information on the history, literature, and science of bears. For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-bear-movie-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-bear-movie-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-bear-movie.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In the film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0095800\/\">The Bear<\/a> (1988), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, a young orphaned bear cub is adopted by an adult male and together they manage to fend off hunters.\u00a0 A bear\u2019s-eye view of the world. Rated PG. (There\u2019s a brief bear mating scene.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>National Geographic\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/animals.nationalgeographic.com\/animals\/mammals\/black-bear\/\">Black Bear<\/a> has background information, photographs and videos, an audio clip of a growl, a distribution map, fast facts, and links to other species of bears.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/animals.about.com\/od\/bears\/a\/bear-facts.htm\">Facts About Bears<\/a> has information about each of the eight species of bears and a catchy list of interesting bear facts. (For example, koala bears are not bears; and the bear\u2019s closest living relatives are pinnipeds \u2013 that is, walruses, seals, and sea lions.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>The West Virginia State Animal is the black bear. Check it out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesymbolsusa.org\/West_Virginia\/black_bear.html\">State Symbols USA<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/smokey-bear.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/smokey-bear.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/smokey-bear-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Only YOU can prevent wildfire. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smokeybear.com\/en\">Smokey Bear <\/a>website for the story of the famous Smokey Bear, Smokey imagery over the years, and information about wildfires and wildfire prevention. Included at the site are an interactive game for kids, teacher\u2019s resources, and printable activity books.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Make a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allkidsnetwork.com\/crafts\/fire-safety\/smokey-bear-finger-puppet.asp\">Smokey the Bear Finger Puppet<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/northyorkshire\/content\/articles\/2005\/11\/14\/viking_teddy_bears_feature.shtml\">Did the Vikings invent teddy bears?<\/a> (Well, not exactly.) Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/viking\/the-truth-about-viking-berserkers\/\">The truth about Viking berserkers.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>For more resources, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/vikings\/\">Vikings<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Polar_Bear_Steve_Amstrup1-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Polar_Bear_Steve_Amstrup1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Polar_Bear_Steve_Amstrup1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Polar bears have transparent fur! Learn all about it (and more) at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/scitech\/mysteries\/polarbear.html\">Everyday Mysteries<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>By geneticist Ricki Lewis, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plos.org\/dnascience\/2013\/08\/01\/polar-bear-genome-reflects-climate-change\/\">Polar Bear Genome Reflects Climate Change<\/a> discusses how \u2013 with warming temperatures and diminishing ice \u2013 polar and brown bear ranges are coming closer together, producing new polar\/brown bear hybrids.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>All polar bears trace their genetic lineage to a single female ancestor \u2013 a brown bear from Ireland. Read about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2011\/jul\/07\/polar-bear-ancestors-ireland\">here.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Wolves helping bears? The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park seems to be a plus for bears. Read about it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/38501-yellowstone-wolves-help-bears.html\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bear-hibernation-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bear-hibernation-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bear-hibernation.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Bears don\u2019t hibernate the same way that other hibernating animals do. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/2011\/02\/secrets-bear-hibernation\">The Secrets of Bear Hibernation<\/a> for an explanation and a video of a hibernating bear.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>For more on bear hibernation studies, see <a href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/health\/article\/0,8599,2052118,00.html\">Bears Hibernate (and Soon You Could Too)<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>For a more detailed account of bear hibernation (for older kids; the language is snarky and there\u2019s discussion of bear sex), see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/science\/8323930\/The-great-do-bears-hibernate-debate\">The Great \u2018Do Bears Hibernate\u2019 Debate<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/what-if-theres-bears-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/what-if-theres-bears-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/what-if-theres-bears.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=loyuW_nYGIc\">What If There\u2019s Bears?<\/a> All right; I just love this. Home repair tips, with possibility of bears.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>GUMMI BEARS (WITH SCIENCE)<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5-natural-flavor-gummi-bears-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5-natural-flavor-gummi-bears-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5-natural-flavor-gummi-bears-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5-natural-flavor-gummi-bears-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5-natural-flavor-gummi-bears-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5-natural-flavor-gummi-bears.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Gummi bears were invented in Germany and have been around since the 1920s. Read about them at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/entertaining-style\/pop-culture\/article\/history-gummy-bears\">The History of Gummy Bears<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Make-Gummy-Bears\">How to Make Gummy Bears<\/a> has illustrated instructions for making gummy bears (etc.) of your own.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><br \/><\/b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/osmosis-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/osmosis-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/osmosis-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/osmosis.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>At <a href=\"https:\/\/science.lovetoknow.com\/science-fair-projects\/gummy-bear-science-experiments\">Gummy Bear Science Experiments<\/a>, study osmosis with gummy bears. Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/candy-chemistry-projects-606323\">Candy Chemistry Experiments<\/a> (make dancing gummy bears) and Steve Spangler&#8217;s <a style=\"font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stevespanglerscience.com\/lab\/experiments\/candy-chemistry-experiments\/\">Incredible Swimming Gummy Bears<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>BEAR POEMS AND SONGS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/now-we-are-six-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/now-we-are-six-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/now-we-are-six.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>A.A. Milne\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/allpoetry.com\/Furry-Bear\">Furry Bear<\/a> appears in the poetry collection <i>Now We Are Six<\/i>, originally published in 1927.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/adventures-of-isabel-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/adventures-of-isabel-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/adventures-of-isabel.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Ogden Nash\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/poem\/adventures-of-isabel\/\">The Adventures of Isabel<\/a>, Isabel first meets an enormous bear. (But Isabel, Isabel, doesn\u2019t care.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>For teenagers and up, see Robert Frost\u2019s poem <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/poem\/the-bear\/\">The Bear<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>Just in case you\u2019ve forgotten the words to \u201cThe Bear Came Over the Mountain\u201d or \u201cTeddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around,\u201d see these <a href=\"http:\/\/welovebeingmoms.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/preschool-bear-songs.html\">Preschool Bear Songs<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/waltzing-with-bears-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/waltzing-with-bears-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/waltzing-with-bears.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Seamus Kennedy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtv-zone.com\/phyrst\/audio\/nfld\/22\/waltzing.htm\">Waltzing with Bears<\/a> is a You Tube rendition of the folksong with a background of bears. (\u201cThere\u2019s nothing on earth Uncle Walter won\u2019t do\/So he can go waltzing, wa-wa-wa-waltzing\/Waltzing with bears!\u201d)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>BEARS AND MATH<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/teddy-bear-counting-1-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/teddy-bear-counting-1-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/teddy-bear-counting-1-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/teddy-bear-counting-1-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/teddy-bear-counting-1-1536x1075.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/teddy-bear-counting-1-2048x1434.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>By Barbara Barbieri McGrath, <i>Teddy Bear Counting<\/i> (Charlesbridge Publishing, 2010) is the first of the McGrath Math series, picture books that use colorful teddy bears to teach introductory math concepts. Other titles in the series include <i>Teddy Bear Math<\/i> and <i>Teddy Bear Patterns<\/i>. For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>Pair the books with a set of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Baby-Bear-Counters-102-ct\/dp\/B0006PKZ7W\/ref=pd_vtp_b_3\">Baby Bear Counters<\/a>. (102 bears in six different colors; about $13.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>Learn a bit of geometry and make a cool bear face with this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstpalette.com\/Craft_themes\/Animals\/circlesbear\/circlesbear.html\">Circles Bear<\/a> craft from First Palette.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/grizzly-gazette-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/grizzly-gazette-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/grizzly-gazette-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/grizzly-gazette.jpg 995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Stuart J. Murphy\u2019s <i>The Grizzly Gazette<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2002) \u2013 a MathStart book &#8211; the campers at Camp Grizzly are electing a mascot; winner gets to wear the camp\u2019s famous grizzly bear costume. Each day the <i>Grizzly Gazette<\/i> polls the 100 campers and publishes graphs showing the percentage of votes that go to each candidate. For ages 6-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>BEAR ARTS AND CRAFTS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bear-cards-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bear-cards-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bear-cards.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Make colorful cardstock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebestideasforkids.com\/bear-craft\/\">bear cards<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidactivities.net\/post\/teddy-bear-theme.aspx\">Teddy Bears and Other Bears Too<\/a> has a selection of bear-themed projects and activities, among them making teddy-bear bird food and a cinnamon-dough teddy bear ornament.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>Make a calico <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bellaonline.com\/articles\/art18696.asp\">Bear Doll<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sock-bear-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sock-bear-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sock-bear.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Make a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sumoftheirstories.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/11\/sock-teddy\">Sock Teddy Bear<\/a>. The site has illustrated instructions for making a perfectly adorable bear from a striped sock.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stuffed-animals.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"258\" \/><\/td>\n<td>For the committed teddy-bear-maker, Abigail Patner Glassenberg\u2019s <i>Stuffed Animals<\/i> (Lark Crafts, 2013) has detailed instructions and templates for 16 different projects, among them a classic teddy bear. For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/knitted-finger-puppets-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/knitted-finger-puppets-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/knitted-finger-puppets.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Meg Leach\u2019s <i>Knitted Finger Puppets<\/i> (Martingale &amp; Co., 2008) has patterns and instructions for 34 different puppets, among them Goldilocks and the Three Bears.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/19667222-teddy-bear-cupcakes-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/19667222-teddy-bear-cupcakes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/19667222-teddy-bear-cupcakes-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/19667222-teddy-bear-cupcakes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/19667222-teddy-bear-cupcakes.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejc.com\/lifestyle\/recipes\/21379\/recipe-chocolate-teddy-bear-cupcakes\">Chocolate Teddy Bear Cupcakes<\/a>. 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