Famous Bears

There are so many great bears in stories! We talked about some of the most famous ones like Winnie-the-Pooh and Paddington. 

We've always liked Smokey the Bear
More about Smokey
And some pretty awesome old advertisements for him here.

We enjoyed the movie A Bear Named Winnie---it's based on a true story about a Canadian Bear that ended up in the London Zoo. (And the real Christopher Robin, A.A. Milne's son, did indeed visit this bear and re-name his own bear, Edward Bear, after Winnie.)

We watched, and liked, Disney's "Bears".

We also really liked Bears of the Last Frontier—all three episodes.