The Bear (DVD) Colleen Atwood A quietly essential read for

A quietly essential read for anyone who grew up reading sci-fi

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The Bear (DVD) Colleen Atwood A quietly essential read for*This is NOT a comic! But it's adapted from a comic! By Hilary Audus. Published by Channel 4. DVD, 1998 (2006 printing) Adapted by the makers of 'The Snowman' from the book by Raymond Briggs, this is the story of a little girl who accidentally drops her teddy bear into the polar bear's pit at the zoo. That night she cries herself to sleep, only to be woken up by a polar bear who has come to return her teddy. The bear and the girl then begin a