Scotland the Brave planned to visit the United Kingdom. He especially wanted to see Scotland. He spent some time deciding what to take. He settled on just a couple of light bags and a minimal change of bow ties. He would fly all the way from Perth in Australia to England. A quick look atContinueContinue reading “Scotland The Brave’s Plans for Travel within Great Britain”
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Scotland The Brave Dreams of Seeing Bonny Scotland
Scotland the Brave was the first bear to arrive in Mawson’s House after Mawson did. You can read about him here. Scotty once bravely navigated The Guardian around North Island in New Zealand but that was long ago. You can see from this pic that Scotty was often rather too brave. Scotty heard that theContinueContinue reading “Scotland The Brave Dreams of Seeing Bonny Scotland”
Meet Scotland The Brave
My name is Scotland the Brave. I was the first bear to arrive in Mawson’s house after Mawson did. My job was to sit in the microwave oven and get warm and then sit close to people and make them feel comfortable. Mawson was amazed that I went into the oven. ‘You are so brave’,ContinueContinue reading “Meet Scotland The Brave”
Revision is such a necessary bother. Story board Conference for ‘She Ran Away From Love’
Hello fellow Baffled Ones, Scotland the Brave, our Director of Pictures for the book She Ran Away From Love called a Conference. All the Pictures to go into my book got pondered about again. Even though they had all been pondered deeply by Me, Mawson. All the Words that go along with the Pictures wereContinueContinue reading “Revision is such a necessary bother. Story board Conference for ‘She Ran Away From Love’”
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”
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”
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