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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Dover Pubns
Publication date July 1, 1981
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780486209395
ISBN-10 0486209393
Dimensions 0.25 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight 0.20 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $2.50
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: “Once upon a time, in fact it was Tuesday,” the Bear went into the woods to settle in for his long winter nap. But when he awoke what had happened? The trees were gone, the grass was gone, the flowers were gone, and in their place were buildings, cars, a fenced-off courtyard. The Bear had no idea that he was in the middle of a factory. “Get back to work!” a man yelled out of the blue.

“I don’t work here,” said the Bear, “I’m a bear.” The man laughed and laughed. “Fine excuse for a man to keep from doing any work—saying he’s a bear.” And so it began and so it went, with the Bear protesting his bearness all the way from the Third Vice President to the First, and no one willing to believe that he wasn’t just a silly man in a fur coat who needed a shave.

How the bear endured and how he finally prevailed are the subject of this
delightful modern fairy tale—beautifully illustrated with the author’s inventive line drawings—about sticking up for yourself, no matter how many Foremen, General Managers, Vice Presidents, or even Company Presidents stand in your way.

Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9781590173442
 
from New York Review of Books (March 9, 2010); titled "The Bear That Wasn't"
9781590173442 | details & prices | 64 pages | 7.50 × 9.25 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.78 lbs | List price $16.95
About: “Once upon a time, in fact it was Tuesday,” the Bear went into the woods to settle in for his long winter nap.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780140464122 Book cover for 9780486209395 Book cover for 9780486466194
 
from Dover Pubns (November 2, 2007); titled "The Bear That Wasn't"
9780486466194 | details & prices | 64 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.14 lbs | List price $2.50
from Dover Pubns (November 1, 1995); titled "The Bear That Wasn't"
9780486287874 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 0.15 lbs | List price $2.00
About: After hibernating for the winter, a bear wakes up to discover that a huge factory has been built over his cave and that nobody believes he is a bear
With Harry Golombek | from Penguin USA (September 1, 1981); titled "Beginning Chess"
9780140464122 | details & prices | List price $4.95
This edition also contains Beginning Chess
The price comparison is for this edition
from Dover Pubns (July 1, 1981)
9780486209395 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.25 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $2.50
About: “Once upon a time, in fact it was Tuesday,” the Bear went into the woods to settle in for his long winter nap.

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