When Is a Bear Not a Bear?: A Family Tale

By Mary Jarvis

When Is a Bear Not a Bear? A Family Tale


Hard times and high adventure abound when a puppy wakens in a strange forest. Quite alone and hungry, he must be resourceful and brave. Where is he? How did he get there? Little Bear makes fine friends and frightening encounters. There are difficult choices for one so young but through all of the mystery his fun loving, hopeful nature shines brightly. When the tallest man hes ever seen suddenly appears, the mystery only grows! Questions in bold type are intended for fun as well as serious thought.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 5, 2014
• ISBN: 9781503515543

Mary Jarvis

Author Biography: Mary Jarvis After retiring from a nursing career that spanned five decades, Mary Jarvis is pursuing a lifelong dream of writing stories for children of any age. When Is a Bear Not a Bear? A Family Tale is her first book and based upon a story idea that began sixteen years ago when her son brought home a unique and tiny four legged foundling from the Idaho woods. She and her husband Charles live in Colorado with their elderly friend, Little Bear. Biography for illustrator Christine Bauer Christine is a missionary kid who grew up in West Africa. She always loved drawing and painting. Since marrying Steve in 2008 and discovering that his mother needed an illustrator for her children’s book, a beautiful collaboration began. She and Steve share the Gospel of Jesus Christ (as found in the Bible) every chance they get where they live in Colorado and while this is not a religious story, we hope it has brought you joy and perhaps some contemplation of some of the more important issues in life. Follow their witnessing adventures at WatersourceChapel.org.

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Copyright © 2014 by Mary Jarvis. 550791

   ISBN:   Softcover   978-1-5035-1553-6

      EBook   978-1-5035-1554-3

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Rev. date: 12/02/2014

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This book is dedicated to our grandchildren

Arrowana Sophia

Zackary Allen

Joshua Louis

Carter Donald

Logan Allen

Michael David

Souleymane

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue

CHAPTER I. Once Upon a Time

CHAPTER II. The Scariest Thing

CHAPTER III. The Funniest Lunch

CHAPTER IV. Leave Me Alone!

CHAPTER V. Let’s Play!

CHAPTER VI. What About Me?

CHAPTER VII. Every Puppy Needs A Giant!

CHAPTER VIII. When Is A Bear Not A Bear?

CHAPTER IX. Naps And Puzzles

CHAPTER X. A Family For Little Bear

CHAPTER XI. Am I Back In The Woods?

CHAPTER XII. Hey Someone My Size!

CHAPTER XIII. More Best Days

EPILOGUE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thank you, Lord, for granting a little wish, as only You in Your wisdom could, for the best little dog that needed a family as much as they needed him and for a time in this life for writing and telling stories.

To my parents, Rodger and Dolores Feahr, who inspired four children to love a good story, I owe a tremendous debt of gratitude. Their patience and persistence in providing a steady flow of story reading and printed material for all of us will impact generations to come.

Thank you Chuck for being such a patient husband and best friend.Without your support this project would not have had a chance. Little Bear and I thank you for all the camping adventures and so much more.

Steve Bauer, thank you for being a great son, and for