When Old Bear falls asleep for the winter, he has a dream that he is a cub again, enjoying each of the four seasons.

"One little bear shares his dreams for the future with his adoring parent" --

Bears (particularly black bears) by nature are elusive and difficult to see in the wild; yet they are immensely popular, perhaps because they are surprisingly human-looking, though their dense fur and seemingly clumsy gait often lead them to be compared with shaggy, bumbling clowns. Well, the bears in this little gift book have had enough. They're here to set the record straight. 75-100 color photos capture bears just doing their thing and being bears;...

"Big ones, little ones, bold ones and shy ones- there are eight species of bear in the world, so which sort is your teddy? Is it white like the polar bear, or have a long tongue like the sloth bear? Is it shaggy like the brown bear, or have markings like the spectacled bear? Let's go on an adventure across ice, mountains, deserts, forests, and rivers, to see bears in their natural habitats."--Back cover.

Baby Elephant cannot get to sleep when he loses his teddy bear, so Elmer sets out to find it.

Pooh and Piglet battle the elements, but a bright and sunny ending is in store for all. On a very windy, blustery day, Pooh comes to the rescue when Piglet is swept off his feet and into the sky, with Pooh hanging desperately onto a thread from his scarf.

Photographs show the life of Alaskan grizzly bears from spring to fall and are accompanied by notes on the bear's behavior.

If I were a bear, the wilderness is where I'd be. Mountains, oceans, or forest, all sound just right to me.