A bear who loves to hug everything meets a human who is about to chop down a tree, and the bear must make a decision on how to save his forest.

When Bear discovers he has a loose tooth, his friends try to help make it fall out.

When a sudden storm destroys Charles' ship and he is presumed dead, Rose believes something sinister is at work and she sets off on a perilous journey, with the fate of the entire world at stake.

Bear's efforts to keep out visitors to his house are undermined by a very persistent mouse.

The Berenstain siblibings pretend to be superbears, out do defeat villain. When the get the chance help a neighbor, they feel like true heroes.

Captioned drawings depict bears in some unusual places and poses.

Publisher Annotation: When Bear finds a chicken frozen in the winter snow, he brings it home to try to defrost it. As Chicken thaws-um, awakens-he fears that Bear is actually prepping to eat him. Oh no! All signs are pointing to a fateful end for Chicken-being wrapped like a burrito, chopped basil and veggies sitting on the counter, the huge pot on the stove that's just the right size for a chicken to fit inside. It's almost time for lunch, so Chicken...

Publisher Annotation: When Nelly asks Bear what kind of bear he is, he isn't entirely sure how to answer. So off he goes to find out. But none of the different bears he meets on his travels are like him. Grizzly bears don?t have stitching; polar bears don?t have tags attached to their bottoms; spectacled bears are not as soft and bouncy as Bear is; and sun bears never wear bow ties. Disheartened, he returns to Nelly...only to discover what kind of...

At the end of the day a little boy falls asleep as his mama reads about a bear hibernating.

A picture book inviting readers to join the search for a missing bear.