![]() ![]() But by the time the mid-1990s rolled around and Little Bear was turned into a TV show, that had changed. The first Little Bear book was published in 1957, six years before Where the Wild Things Are and thirteen years before In the Night Kitchen. ![]() I didn’t know that she refused one publisher who wanted to change the bears to people because “all children of all colours would be reading the stories” and she wanted them to not be excluded. I didn’t know that Holmelund Minarik, a former journalist and teacher, wrote them for her own daughter because she wasn’t satisfied with the books that were being published for young children. I didn’t know that Little Bear started the category of early readers (something that gets stamped all over the current editions). Of course, at the time I was completely unaware of the history of the books. They’re gentle, funny books, and as a wee thing, I loved the world and the magic that Holmelund Minarik and Sendak created between them. The books were written by Else Holmelund Minarik and the original five were illustrated by Maurice Sendak. ![]() Little Bear, unlike the other two, is not illustrated by the author. When I was little, I fell in love with the classic early readers. ![]()
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