“A sweet, thoughtful, and uplifting read that left me with a smile”
“It carries an important message without ever feeling heavy or preachy, making it an especially lovely story to share with children or simply enjoy as an adult.o very wrong.”
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What Do Your Bears Want To Get You for Christmas? More Books, of course
Collect them all for for your plushie loving friends, or … Just for yourself. Carry them about and dip into on dreary days.
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Stardust, Moonlight, Witches
When you hear the word ‘Magic’, what fills your mind? Stardust. Moonlight. Fairy god witches? When you read the word, ‘Love’, what then sweeps your memories? Home, Family, Children, one’s first romance? Come, read this book, and let these things fill…
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Only Freaks Turn Things Into Bones, by Steff Green and Bree Roldan: Bullying is never ok
A parent drops his kid off at school. Ok, he’s the Grim Reaper, but what of that detail? Just another parent doing a drop off, really, whatever that parent’s job might be. His son, Little Grim, like every new kid, worries…
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Mawson, Writer-Bear of ‘No Bear Is An Island’, sits on his cushion and ponders deep ponders
He wonders if there is a way to bring his friends together. Perhaps he could shine a light to attract them. He could be like a lighthouse for his friends. Unfortunately, when Mawson puts his good idea into practice things…
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Book Review: When a Brave Bear Fights Cancer by Carola Schmidt, A little book tackling a big, serious subject
‘As a cancer patient myself, I’ve thought a lot about what it must be like for children . It’s such a scary thing, but this book will definitely help calm some of those fears with it’s clear explanations. I would love…
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Going Postal about Book Postage?
The Problem: You look for a book on a book retail website. You send your order to the “Shopping Cart”. But what’s this? A delivery charge rises up on your screen like monster rising out of a swamp. And the size…
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Beautiful and timely message of ‘No Bear Is an Island’: Review by Joey Madia, author and screenwriter
“Mawson, sensing the distant voices of his fellows (each with a whispered If only…), wants to rise to the occasion to assist and support them. What ensues is a lesson all of us need to hear—and act upon. To read and learn…
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The Island of dread Pirate Rake, a star of ‘No Bear Is An Island’, by Mawson
Pirate Rakes’ thoughts are consumed by treasure. He’s found the fabled treasure but has run into a bit of bother. You see, he’s been shipwrecked. What is dreaded and now-wealthy pirate to do when all alone on an island?
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Little Books With Lots of Heart, by Mawson: One of this bright world’s few published Writer-Bears
It’s not easy being Grownup. All this business of having to be sophisticated and industrious youreader can flop down among the cushions and relax.Here you can find the answers to just about nothing at all. You can forget you ever had…
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About Me
I’m Mark, Guardian of Mawson the Writer-Bear (See more on Page called Guardian). Mawson and I loll about on cushions in Perth, Western Australia. We have made 3 books (I had to help a lot) and also done the illustrations for another book called When A Brave Bears Fights Cancer by Carola Schmidt
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