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  • Bears
     
    • Wilson, Gina. Grandma's Bears When Nat spends the night at his grandmother's house for the first time, he and the bears who live there have fun.
       
    • Newman, Lesléa. Where is Bear? The animals in the forest are playing hide-and-seek, but none of them can find Bear anywhere.
       
    • Murray, Marjorie Dennis. Don't Wake Up The Bear! On a cold, snowy evening, several animals snuggle up to a hibernating bear in order to keep warm.
       
    • Wilson, Karma. Bear Snores On On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun.
       
    • Waddell, Martin. Snow Bears When three little bears play in the snow, they pretend to be "snow bears" and their mother goes along with the game.
       
    • Freedman, Claire. One Magical Morning Mommy and Little Bear go out early one morning to see the day dawn and find other woodland creatures awakening as they go by.
       
    • Krauss, Ruth. Bears First published in 1948, Krauss's 27-word poem created a charming little universe. Now, Maurice Sendak turns her bears into a troupe of players in a slapstick comedy starring a familiar boy in a wolf suit.
       
    • Jennings, Sharon. Bearcub and Mama Mamma teaches Bearcub how to catch a fish, dig for grubs, climb a tree, and find honey. One day Bearcub is exploring when the sky darkens and a storm blows in, but Mama is not there. Frightened and alone, Bearcub must rely on himself—and all that his mama has taught him—to weather the winter storm.
       
    • Joosse, Barbara M. Nikolai, The Only Bear Nikolai, a bear who lives in the orphanage in Russia, does not seem to fit in until the day some visitors arrive from America.
       
    • Petty, Kate. PUPPET + BOOK Bear puppet [kit]
       
    • Thompson, Lauren. Polar Bear Night After wandering out at night to watch a magical star shower, a polar bear cub returns home to snuggle with her mother in their warm den.
       
  • Song -  Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

    (perform actions)
    Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around
    Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground
    Teddy bear, teddy bear, show your shoe
    Teddy bear, teddy bear, that will do!
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