Hello Fellow Baffled Ones, my name is Samantha. I was found sitting on a shelf in a shop called Good Samaratins. Here in The Land of Oz* people call this shop ‘Good Sammys’. Perhaps landing in a shop all by myself was rather a shock because I hardly remember anything before that. One day, IContinueContinue reading “Meet the bears in Dreamy Days and Random Naps: Samantha”
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Meet the stars of Dreamy Days and Random Naps: The Professors
Hello Fellow Baffled Ones. We are the Professors Bears in Mawson’s House. I am Professor Caddy, and I love chocolate. Also, I love grand ideas, big ponders, plump possibilities, and incredible inventions. We have high hopes that these will help all our friends one day, umm, when we get them right. And here with meContinueContinue reading “Meet the stars of Dreamy Days and Random Naps: The Professors”
Hilda Bear visits the Door Stop Family
Fellow Baffled Ones, greetings. Here is our Hilda Bear. Hilda enjoys knitting and wearing hats. She likes to make sure everyone in the house is feeling comfortable. When she isn’t knitting she likes to visit them all. Today she is going to visit our Door Stop family. Do you have a door stop family too?ContinueContinue reading “Hilda Bear visits the Door Stop Family”
Meet the bears in Dreamy Days and Random Naps: Samantha
Hello Fellow Baffled Ones, my name is Samantha. I was found sitting on a shelf in a shop called Good Samaratins. Here in The Land of Oz* people call this shop ‘Good Sammys’. Perhaps landing in a shop all by myself was rather a shock because I hardly remember anything before that. One day, IContinueContinue reading “Meet the bears in Dreamy Days and Random Naps: Samantha”
Listening: A Guide for Bears
Fellow Baffled Ones, Everybody needs a listener sometimes. It’s grand to be trusted to be the listen-ee, Umm the hearing-er-er,Bother, the umm, friend who will listen. Sometimes a friend won’t even know where to start.You can be a good listener then just by waiting. If you don’t know what to say to them, there’s noContinueContinue reading “Listening: A Guide for Bears”
Readers Favourite 5 stars for: It’s a Bright World to Feel Lost In
Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers’ Favorite. This review has been copied from the Readers Favourite website. It’s A Bright World To Feel Lost In, by Mawson, is a book for children of all ages written by Mawson Bear, who is otherwise known as Mark O’Dwyer. ‘A bear’s world is bright and shiny, and filledContinueContinue reading “Readers Favourite 5 stars for: It’s a Bright World to Feel Lost In”
Free the Bears, by Mary Hutton and Julie Miller
‘Mission of Free The Bears: To protect, preserve and enrich the lives of bears throughout the world.’ Mawson’s Guardian Mark says: Today I am proud to talk about the book ‘Free The Bears’. It is the story of a rescue organisation which I have supported for twenty years. This fascinating and often heartbreaking read isContinueContinue reading “Free the Bears, by Mary Hutton and Julie Miller”
BeeBear’s Concert
Our BeeBear trills at her very own socially distanced public concert. Our BeeBear loves to trill and humm and buzz and sing. Usually, when she is fluttering about parks and gardens, there is an appreciative audience. People having lunch, people dozing, doves and magpies picking up the melody. But what is a BeeBear to doContinueContinue reading “BeeBear’s Concert”
Shakespeare’s Bear, By Harry Oxford
How could we not love Mummer, the splendid hairy central character of Shakespeare’s Bear. Mummer wins hearts and friends during his pampered cub-hood in the household of William the playwright, and even later in perilous London (‘the worst place in England for a bear.’). Through his eyes and ears and especially his nose, we readersContinueContinue reading “Shakespeare’s Bear, By Harry Oxford”
BeeBear vs The Ace Baron
Hum along with us, friends, to the famous tune of “Snoopy’s Christmas’* . This song , of course, starred the illustrious Snoopy taking on ‘The Red Baron’. Here we do a version with our own dare devil aviators. BeeBear plays Snoopy’s role and our Flyer Bear has volunteered to be The Ace Baron. Get readyContinueContinue reading “BeeBear vs The Ace Baron”
Those Magnificent Bears in Their Flying Machines
Hum along with us, friends: ‘ Those magnificent bears in their flying machines, They go up, tiddly up, up ..” Pulling back the throttle, Flyer Bear climbs steeply with the fellow aviators ‘They come down, tiddly, down .. Ouch! .. down, down’. Daredevil aviators do risk crashes They enchant all the watchers, And steal allContinueContinue reading “Those Magnificent Bears in Their Flying Machines”
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