# The Bear

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- Book: [The Bear](https://www.bookquiver.com/raymond-briggs/the-bear) ([The Bear.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/raymond-briggs/the-bear.md))
- Authors: [Raymond Briggs](https://www.bookquiver.com/raymond-briggs)
- Publisher: Puffin
- ISBN: 978-01-4137-407-9
- Pages: 40
- Published: 2024-09-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The 30th anniversary edition of this hilarious and heartwarming tale of a magical friendship between a girl and a polar bear from beloved author of The Snowman, Raymond Briggs. One night a great big, white polar bear comes to stay with Tilly. He has black hooked claws and huge yellow teeth; but his white furry coat is warm and soft and Tilly decides he's the cuddliest thing in the whole world. Tilly soon finds out that a big bear can cause big problems - he takes a LOT of looking after! When she describes the bear's latest antics to her parents they think he's a figment of her imagination - but is he? A brilliantly clever and funny tale about an unlikely friendship, from beloved children's author Raymond Briggs. More classic Raymond Briggs stories: The Snowman - a wordless picture book Father Christmas Father Christmas Goes on Holiday The Elephant and the Bad Baby UG: Boy Genius of the Stone Age Jim and the Beanstalk