The man from the big house on the hill is called Mr Bear. He is always as cross as a bear. When the fair comes to town, he sees a muzzled and chained bear, jabbed with a stick to make him dance. It stirs him up, and the bear ends up on the cool grass, as he had always dreamed.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2002 by Andersen Press Ltd .

Ruth Brown has created a great many picture books for Andersen Press and is highly respected as an author and illustrator. She is married to artist Ken Brown and they have two grown-up sons and 1 grandson. Michael Strachan and Frances Thomas are qualified teacher-trainers of primary school teachers in the use of computers in schools.