Frank Carlson Library

In this debut novel, a mild-mannered teddy bear named Winkie finds himself on the wrong side of America's war on terror.--From publisher description.

Oh, to be a bear in the forest! To rest and play, day after day, always feeling safe and at home. But when change fills the air, and it's time to journey into a different kind of wilderness, will it ever feel the same? This sensitively imagined story illuminates the difficult transitions we all must face as we learn how to be at home in the world.

A child faces the challenging task of putting a bear to bed.

Otter decides to open a toast restaurant with her best friend, Teddy. But after she blames Teddy for the mess they made, he goes missing.

When the director of Camp Grizzmeyer tries to keep the boys and girls away from each other, he makes an interesting discovery.

"Bear and Wolf become unlikely companions one winter's evening when they discover each other out walking in the falling snow"--

While researching the existence of dragons for an essay that could win him a trip to the Arctic, Chris opens himself to the possibility that a great, ancient treasure exists there, guarded by bears, and that he has some role in its protection.

"When a few beavers come to town, the Grumpy Woods are even more grumpy than usual. These beavers are chewing down the trees and drying up their river water with a dam. Everyone gets even angrier when the Super Happy Party Bears throw a dance party to celebrate the new dam, but when they dance that dam right down the river, everyone admits the bears aren't so bad after all"--

Quincy is on his first black bear hunting trip in Maine, when he breaks his leg and has to depend on his friends to recover the bear he shot.

The Bearamount Pictures studio has a huge effect on Beartown when it comes to shoot the new movie "Lost With the Wind" and Bonnie is chosen to play a principal role.