Old Bear

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Little Bear is disappointed that he picked brown for his colour because he can't find many brown things but gets a double surprise as the colour chase comes to an end. While they are waiting for them to cook, they tell each other food stories and become more and more hungry. While Little Bear and Duck are sorting through their farm set they find an old piece of castle wall.

At last they meet a little white owl whose nest of socks has fallen down from the top of the wardrobe. It doesn't go quite according to plan but a spectacular air/stream rescue by Rabbit saves the day and it isn't the biggest boat that wins the race. Little Bear is very disappointed, but he needn't worry; he eventually discovers Old Bear and the reason why all his friends have been so busy. First of all, the toys have to build their boats, (although Sailor already has his own) then, when they are ready, they launch them in the stream and the race begins. It wasn’t long before he needed replacement nose and eyes and I remember my mother sewing him new ones.

The friends try some dramatic and heroic rescue attempts, but nothing quite works until they remember the little toy plane. It is a wet afternoon and the rain is coming in the playroom window and dripping through a hole in the dolls' house roof. When Duck wakes up covered in mysterious red spots, the day's plans; to paint the garden gate have to be postponed. While standing on the roof, clutching his umbrella, he accidentally falls through the leaky hole and the Doll family are delighted with the surprising repair.

This Christmas-themed activity book from acclaimed, BAFTA-award-winning author-illustrator Jane Hissey features the belo. The next morning the toys decide having a guest is not as much fun as they thought and Old Bear thinks of a plan that might persuade her to go home. The toys in the playroom remember that Old Bear disappeared long ago, they find him in the loft and bring him back to the playroom where they listen to his stories. The toys dream up lots of ingenious ways of mending the hole, but nothing really works until Little Bear finds a solution quite by chance.However, it isn't until they are in the middle of the game that they realise just why they have been feeling so cold all day. Episodes have subsequently been repeated on Channel 5 in the UK, and are also broadcast in the United States and other countries worldwide.

Old Bear thinks of a way that everyone can help without making a mess and in the end they are all delighted with the result! There has been a party in the playroom and the toys can see that there is lots of food left on the table, but it is just out of reach. However, with the help of Old Bear's book, Little Bear eventually discovers exactly what kind of eggs they are trying to hatch. Originally had a nest made of a bunch of socks that didn't match, until Little Bear gave her an old bobble hat to use instead.However, when at last they pluck up courage to confess, Old Bear shows them how easy it is to mend a deck chair . They still haven't found the key though, but now the clock does seem to be trying to tell them something. Little Bear doesn't want to be 'Baby Bear' until he realises there will be real porridge in the play.

As well being in all the books, images of Old Bear have appeared on all sorts of other things; calendars and diaries, cards and wrapping paper, clocks and cots, baby clothes and toys, tins and tiles, comics and mugs, Easter eggs and even soap! Soft toys have also been made of some of my characters and now lots of people have Old Bears of their own.Old Bear is delighted with his surprise and the only problem is that Bramwell has managed to lose his special birthday buns. It is Rabbit who turns out to be the star of the show and he, accidentally, solves the problem of the out-of-reach food.