As final preparations are being made for a long-planned surprise party, Bear gets so excited he nearly ruins everything.
- General Recommendations
- Staff-Created List
Un-Bear-ably Great Reads!
Explore these exciting picture books about everyone's favourite furry animal!
StaffLibrary Staff
Oshawa Public Libraries
User from Oshawa Public Libraries

12 items
- All Bear wants is a quiet nap... but he can't work out who is keeping him awake with their cheep cheeping. An increasingly frustrated bear leaves his cozy cave to ask the other animals, but none of them chirp. Maybe the culprit is closer to home?
- Since the dawn of time, the Great Bear has patrolled the oceans, protecting the Earth and her animals and overseeing the delicate balance of life. But now, one creature is changing everything. And the Great Bear is unhappy.
- Bear and Squirrel are on the hunt for some food before Winter comes, but there's just one small problem... Bears don't share! Will Bear learn that you can't always have your cake and eat it, too?
- Bear has his cookie and his book, but friends come by and eat his cookie, read his book and more until it becomes too much for Bear, in a story about sharing and the importance of saying what you mean.
- The circus has arrived in the Jingle Jangle Jungle and Bear's friends have the perfect circus acts. Can Bear come up with a very clever trick of his own?
- It's springtime. Bear has woken up hungry and finds a lost egg outside his cave. Breakfast? No! Out hatches Gozzle, a very sweet little gosling who is convinced that Bear must be her daddy – and that she should be able to climb, dig and eat honey…
- Bruce the bear wants to spend a quiet morning fishing, but instead, he is caught up in a protest movement and accidentally saves the forest.
- Ellen and Bear, two book-loving friends, hatch a plan to get Bear a book of his own, but through their many disguises and foiled attempts, they discover the perfect book for Bear is closer to home than they thought.
- Deciding they're in the mood for fishing, Big Bear and Little Bear pack up a red wagon with poles, freshly baked scones and a good book to read, and even though it's unclear how much fishing will get done, they are happy just spending time together.
- Enveloping readers in a big bear hug, this humorous and heartwarming story follows the adventures of a well-meaning grizzly bear whose good intentions complicate the lives of her forest friends in laugh-out-loud moments.
- Lost is the story of a polar bear who finds himself lost in a big concrete city.
You've viewed 12 of 12 items
