Hans de Beer

While hunting with his father, a young polar bear drifts out to sea and ends up in a jungle where a friendly hippopotamus helps him return home.

Lars the Little Polar Bear rescues a stranded husky puppy and helps her find food and her mother.

After Lars the Little Polar Bear rescues a scared hare from a hole in the ice, the two new friends share an adventurous day, during which each discovers just how much courage he has.

When a young polar bear peers inside a train, the little Siberian tiger staring back at him pleads to be taken home.

When Lars discovers that there is hardly any fish left in the fishing bay, he and his friends come up with a plan to stop the ships that are rumbling through the bay and chasing the fish away.

Not wanting to hibernate alone, a young bear heads south and meets three grouchy dormice when he gets lost in a snowstorm.

"It's time for Bruno, the little brown bear, to hibernate.It will be many nights before spring comes again, so Mother Bear must find something special to help him sleep. When Mother Bear tells Bruno she'll tell him stories, he can hardly wait. From an ocean swimming elephant, a flower picking panther, a flying squirrel, a hippo who wants to dance, and more, Mother Bear's captivating and funny stories do the trick. This special book of bedtime stories...