Bears Genre
Books in the Bears genre:
The Three Bears (1967)
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Robert Southey
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Pooh’s Pot O’Honey (1968)
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Five Hundred Animals from A to Z (1970)
Author(s):
Joseph A. Davis
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Gobble, Growl, Grunt (1971)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Richard Scarry’s Best Stories Ever (1971)
An anthology of Richard Scarry’s books for Golden Press.
Author(s):
Vivienne Benstead
Kathryn Jackson
Patricia Scarry
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Rojankovsky’s Wonderful Picture Book (1972)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Georges Duplaix
Phyllis McGinley
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Night Ride (1973)
Three abandoned toys escape the dustbin and go on an exciting ride through the night to find a new home.
Author(s):
Aingelda Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Winnie-the-Pooh (1973)
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The House at Pooh Corner (1974)
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Smartest Bear and His Brother Oliver (1975)
Author(s):
Alice Bach
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Most Delicious Camping Trip Ever (1976)
Ronald and Oliver, the twin bear cubs, go camping with Aunt Bear. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Alice Bach
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Noah’s Ark (1977)
Author(s):
Jacobus Revius
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Millicent the Magnificent (1978)
The bear twins, Oliver and Ronald, want to be acrobats like Millicent. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Alice Bach
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Domus Anguli Puensis (1980)
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Warren Weasel’s Worse than Measles (1980)
Author(s):
Alice Bach
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Hilary Knight’s The Twelve Days of Christmas (1981)
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me …
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Alphabears (1984)
The bears from Amanda to Zak learn their ABC’s.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kathleen Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Numbears (1984)
Teddy bears introduce the numbers from one to twelve.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kathleen Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Polar Bear Cat (1984)
Author(s):
Nicola Bayley
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Bad Bear (1985)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Eric Hill
Bear’s Birthday (1985)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Colin McNaughton
Favorite Nursery Tales (1986)
Author(s):
Garth Williams
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Out of the Nursery, Into the Night (1986)
Author(s):
Kathleen Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Bear Hugs (1989)
Short poems about bears.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kathleen Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Big Bear’s Treasury Volume One (1992)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Et al
Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Two (1992)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Et al
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic (1992)
Author(s):
Jimmy Kennedy
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
J. B.’s Harmonica (1993)
Author(s):
John Sebastian
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Random House Book of Easy-to-Read Stories (1993)
Author(s):
Jan Berenstain
Stan Berenstain
Dr. Seuss
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Tomie dePaola
Richard Scarry
Et al
Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Three (1994)
Author(s):
Antonia Barber
Various
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Et al
The Candlewick Book of Animal Tales (1996)
A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators. Includes Polar Bear Cat by Nicola Bayley.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Et al
Calendarbears: A Book of Months (1997)
Each month of the year with the bear family.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kathleen Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Bravest Ever Bear (1999)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Paul Howard
Ten Little Bears (1999)
A counting rhyme featuring teddy bears.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kathleen Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Hilary Knight’s The Twelve Days of Christmas (2001)
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me …
This new edition is in a slightly larger format and includes new endpapers and sheet music.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Love Songs of the Little Bear (2001)
Four poems by a famous writer, illustrated by a famous artist.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
Teddy Bears’ Mother Goose (2001)
A nursery rhyme book featuring teddy bears.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Sleep Tight, Sleepy Bears (2012)
Another lullaby from the archives.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Julie Clay
Can I Come Too? (2013)
A mouse journeys to see the largest creature, picking up other curious animals along the way.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Brian Patten
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
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