On a high, high shelf in the toyshop sits a little brown bear with a bag of golden hearts. He longs for the day that his special child will come into the shop and take him home but, sadly, that day never comes and so the shopkeeper gives him away free with another toy. Discarded in the gutter, the little brown bear begins his quest to find his perfect child. Will anyone love a little brown bear with golden hearts? A heart-warming story about friendship and belonging, illustrated by the award-winning Paul Howard.

 

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 2009 by Simon & Schuster .

Gillian Shields was born and brought up in Yorkshire. She read english and Cambridge and then trained as an actress before teaching acting and becoming director of a London drama school. She now lives in the country, and teaches drama and English, part-time, in a local school Pippa Goodhart is a full-time author and does numerous visits to schools. She lives in Leicester with her husband and three children. Paul Howard lives in Ireland and works as a full-time illustrator.