An enchanting treasury of teddy bear tales from Jane Hissey's beloved BAFTA award-winning Old Bear and Friends series!
This beautifully narrated collection of classic children's stories follows Old Bear, Duck, Rabbit, Little Bear, Bramwell Brown and more on a series of delightful adventures.
Happy Birthday, Old Bear
The toys are preparing for Old Bear's birthday party! All is going well, until Elsie's special present for Old Bear lifts her up, up and away... who will come to her rescue?
Little Bear's Dragon
After Old Bear reads an exciting book about a dragon, Little Bear pretends to be one! But when they toys mistake him for the real thing, they make an even bigger dragon to scare him away...
The Boat Race
The toys decide to have a boat race with their very own homemade boats. But when a huge gust of wind blows down the stream, the race doesn't quite go according to plan...
Hoot
Little Bear is woken by a strange noise. With the help of his friends, he tracks down the sound and discovers a new friend in need!
The All-Together Painting
The toys want to make their own paintings, but Old Bear only has one spare frame. When Rabbit's stripes come out wavy and Duck's painting is ruined by splodges, Old Bear shows the toys what working together can achieve.
Little Bear and the Silver Star
It's the night before Christmas and the toys have decorated the tree. But where is the silver star for the top? Little Bear sets off on a snowy adventure in search of the missing star, but will he find it and make it back before Christmas morning? Jane Hissey (Author)
Since studying illustration and design at Brighton, Jane has written and illustrated over 20 picture books. Her 'Old bear' series of books won worldwide acclaim and featured in a BAFTA award winning TV series. Jane has three grown up children and lives in Sussex, with her husband Ivan, who is also an illustrator.
