It's springtime, and Bear has just woken up from a long winter's nap-very hugry and thin!

Bear Wants More

When spring comes, Bear wakes up very hungry and is treated to great food by his friends.

Bear Wants More, Little Book Grade 1

So it's kind of like a parlor game, then?... The question is apparently of Ancient Eastern extraction.... It seems to be a gut thing. The answer just feels right and then you come up with reasons.... Given a relatively level playing field -- i.e., water deep enough so that a Shark could maneuver proficiently, but shallow enough so that a Bear could stand and operate with its characteristic dexterity -- who would win in a fight between a Bear and a Shark? In this brilliant satire of our media-saturated culture, the sovereign nation of Las Vegas -- the entertainment capital of the world -- is host to Bear v. Shark II. After a disappointing loss in the first matchup between the land and the sea, the bear is back with a vengeance and out for blood. All of America is obsessed with the upcoming spectacle, so tickets are hard to come by. With an essay entitled "Bear v. Shark: A Reason to Live," young Curtis Norman wins a national writing contest and four tickets to the event. The Normans load up their SUV and embark on a road trip to Vegas. As they head cross-country, the family is besieged by a dizzying barrage of voices: television and radio personalities, public service announcements, bear and shark pundits, Freudians, theologians, and self-published authors, in addition to the Bear v. Shark fanatics, cultists, and resisters they meet at roadside gas stations and restaurants. Overwhelmed by factoids, statistics, and ten-second debates, the Normans -- along with the rest of country -- can't seem to get their facts straight, much less figure out a way to actually communicate with one another. Sound bites and verbal tics predominate; misheard, misunderstood, and just plain mistaken information is absorbed, mangled, and regurgitated to hilarious effect; and the most inane subjects -- from the disappearance of Dutch culture to the Shakespearean bias toward the bear -- are vigorously and obsessively debated. These meaningless exchanges of misinformation leave Mr. Norman disenchanted, world-weary, and ambivalent about the impending show, but the family eventually makes it to Vegas for an apocalyptic and surprisingly emotional ending. Written in quick, commercial-like segments that mirror the media it satirizes, Chris Bachelder's debut is a fiercely funny, razor-sharp novel about the odd intersection of zealotry and trivia, about the barriers to human connection in a society that values entertainment above all else. Through a clever act of novelistic subterfuge, Bachelder makes us laugh at our penchant for absurd and useless information while drawing us into a dazzling spectacle of his own imagination.

Bear v. Shark

Joseph's assured debut novel explores the lives of two Georgia families soon to be linked by a marriage. While Joseph tackles several dark themes, the core of the story is a hopeful portrait of the different and often elusive faces of salvation.

Bear Me Safely Over

Little Bear Wants to be Big

Winner at the 2016 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. A strange news causes a great uproar in the forest. Bear has entrusted a dream to White Owl: FLYING! An emotional tale about the benefits of teamwork, and the importance of fighting for your dreams, however impossible they may seem. That morning, the animals in the forest discover that Bear has confided a secret to Owl: "Bear wants to fly!" Amazed by the news, some animals think that Bear's dream is impossible, unattainable, but there are many others determined to try to help his friend and fulfill his dream. Although they not all of them agree, there is something more important than their own opinions, something that unites them all, and that is their love and trust for their friend Bear. Whatever the result, why not give it a try? The animals, excited to do everything in their power to help their friend, come up with a plan... As the sun begins to rise over the forest, the excited Raccoon wakes up Bear. The mission is about to begin!

Bear Wants to Fly

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