Dear Bear Paperback – Picture Book, August 1, 1994

I'm so glad Amazon carries it; we've checked it out several times from the library and my twins love it every time. My two year-old daughter makes me read it over and over and over again at one sitting. Clever story and lovely illustrations.

Very heartwarming tale. Both of my daughters enjoyed this book and I have read it to them countless times. Now I can share it with another family. A fabulous gift.

This is a cute and delightful book. My daughter brought a copy home from the library one day. I read this to her. She and I liked the book so much that I bought a copy to keep for our personal library. It has cute illustrations and a very sweet story.

Love this resource when teaching about letter writing

Such a sweet book - my son and niece ask to read it again and again.

This is a cute book about a girl dealing with her fear. Mom "plays" along to help her daughter overcome her fear.

This was a cute story that reminded me of one I read growing up. I love the creative solution to conquering a child's fear and the way that Katie's concept of and feelings for the bear change as the story goes along. :)Content--one set of illustrations with a young girl in her underwear as she's dressing

A little girl is convinced that a terrifying dangerous bear lives under the stairs in her home. Her parents deal with her fear in a very creative way: they suggest that she write a letter to the bear asking him to go away. What develops is a friendship written back and forth through letters from the "bear" to the girl and vice versa. My favorite page is the last page! The bear writes the girl a last letter and invites her to tea under the stairs. The little girl is nervous, but gets all dressed up and goes. She walks into the little cubby underneath the stairwell and discovers a really cute teddy bear set up by a tea set and another note asking to come live with her (he's tired of living under the stairs). So very cute and a very creative way of helping a child conquer her fears.

I was so glad to be able to buy this book for a little girl at Christmas, even though it's now out of print - the joy of the internet! My daughter was given it many years ago and it now resides in her "treasure box". The story, illustrations and sentiments are wonderful.

a great book to share with any child who is frightened of something. It's perfect for starting to think about how to overcome that fear.

would recommend it 100% on lots of different levels and as a good cross curricula book in classes from reception to year 3