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=  The adventures of Little Brown Bear  =

Little Brown Bear is a series of little illustrated stories for children telling the story of a brown bear surrounded by his parents. It appears since 1975 in the magazine Pomme d'Api, and in the form of albums published by Bayard. It is illustrated by Danièle Bour, and various writers have succeeded his creator Claude Lebrun, including Marie Aubinais.

The series has been translated into Russian, Spanish, German, Dutch and Breton, and has resulted in three animated series and a musical.

Plot
In 1975, a professor of Letters of Rennes, Claude Lebrun, sends to the editorial staff of Pomme d’Api (Bayard magazine created in 1966) the story of a little bear who celebrates his 3 years and then makes good resolutions to become great. The Pomme d’Api team loves this little bear character that children can relate to, but is looking for ways to incorporate it into children's magazines.

She adapts it to allow the writing of scenarios which answer to a deep need of the children of 2-3 years to identify with a hero who lives the same things as them. She then proposes to Danièle Bour to illustrate a mini book in two detachable pages of the magazine which will be a story integrated in the magazine. Little Brown Bear quickly becomes a very popular and recurrent character of Pomme d’Api.

Creation of the hero
Since its creation, the Little Brown Bear books are handmade in a traditional way. Danièle Bour works from her home in Chaumont in Champagne-Ardenne. The editor sends him the text to illustrate, she sketches in pencils a first version that she sends to the publisher that validates. Danièle puts color by painting with gouache then the image is scanned. There is always a background of one color.

For the texts, Marie Aubinais collects testimonies of daily life of the young children with the families so that Little Brown Bear is faithful to what they are.

For 40 years, a new story has been coming out every month. Its success can be explained by the subjects of the stories. For little ones, Little Brown Bear can put words on their emotions because he lives the same experiences as small children: to know how to ride a toboggan alone, to sleep for the first time at a friend's house, to dress alone, to learn how to to ride a bike, to be scolded after a stupidity ... It's a hero of identification.

Characters
Little Brown Bear is a child of about 3 years old who discovers his world and grows up under the benevolent eye of his parents. He is curious, endearing and a little joker. He lives in the country with his parents, without siblings.

Recurring characters:


 * Bear Mom,
 * Papa Bear,
 * Big Red Bear,
 * Mistress,
 * Uncle Barnabas,
 * grandparents,
 * his friends like Little Gray Bear,
 * Little Bear Beige...

Mum Bear and Daddy Bear are patient, they teach Little Brown Bear to grow and explain to him the world around him. Sometimes they scold him when he makes mistakes. We recognize the mother because she has blue eyes and often wears dresses or skirts. Papa Bear is recognizable with his big dark eyebrows. He sometimes wears glasses, especially to read stories with Little Brown Bear.