Picture the past
Description
Little Bear is a series of children's picture books written by Else Holmelund Minarik that primarily involves Little Bear—an anthropomorphic bear cub—his mother and father, and his friends. Little Bear books have sold millions of copies and achieved multiple awards and recognitions, including a 1962 Caldecott Honor and a place on the ALA Notable Children's Books list and The New York Times Book Review's 1997 list of the best children's books of the previous fifty years. The first book in the series, titled Little Bear, was published in 1957 by Harper and Brothers, now known as HarperCollins. It was the first entry in the I Can Read! line of children's books, which is characterized by simple sentences using familiar vocabulary for young readers to learn.
How the series evolves
Books in this Series
Life on the Lower East Side
An overview of everyday life in New York City's Lower East Side from 1870 to 1913, focusing on the communities formed by people who shared a common language, religion, and/or cultural traditions.
Life in New France
An overview of everyday life from 1639-1760 in New France, an area which included parts of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec, as well as parts of several states in what is now the United States.
Life in colonial Boston
An overview of everyday life in the busy port city of Boston between 1760 and 1773, including the changes that came as colonists began to resent the trade restrictions and taxes imposed upon them by England.
Life in St. Augustine
An overview of life in St. Augustine, Florida, from 1513 to 1845, including the housing, food, clothing, schools, and everyday activities of the settlers, as well as their interaction with native people.
Life in a colonial town
Reveals the lives of the people who set up the first colonies in the United States, discussing their homes and shelter, food, clothes, schools, communications, and everyday activities.
Life in a New England mill town
An overview of life in a nineteenth-century town in which most people worked in the textile mill, including their housing, food, clothing, schools, and everyday activities.
Life in San Francisco's Chinatown
An overview of life for the Chinese immigrants living in San Francisco from 1840 through 1910, including their employment, family life, and everyday activities, as well as the prejudice they faced.
Life on a pioneer homestead
An overview of life on a pioneer homestead including building a home, cooking food, clothing, schools, and everyday activities.
Life in America's first cities
Introduces the daily lives of people who settled in the first cities in the United States, discussing houses, clothing, schools, and work.
Life at the Alamo
Describes the history and daily life in the area of Texas that became home to the Alamo, focusing on the years 1780 to 1840.