Little Bear

Little Bear

Follows a young bear as he goes on exciting adventures in the forest, gets into trouble and learns new things with his friends, including Emily, Duck, Hen, Cat, and Owl. His parents are Mother Bear, who is always there when he needs her, and Father Bear, a fisherman who is often at sea. Based on books by Else Holmelund Minarik.

Genre: AnimationDramaKidsSci-Fi & Fantasy

Director: Else Holmelund MinarikMaurice SendakBob Boyle

Cast:Kristin FairlieJennifer MartiniAmos CrawleyTracy RyanAndrew SabistonElizabeth HannaJanet-Laine GreenDan HennesseySean McCann


1Season 3

Season 3, Episode 1

September 14, 1997

While Little Bear helps Mother Bear with the laundry, Father Bear's Nightshirt flies away in the wind. When Little Bear gets it back he also gets a fish.

2Season 3

Season 3, Episode 2

September 14, 1997

Little Bear finds a group of raccoons making music. Little Bear joins them but his parents' presence scares them away.

3Season 3

Season 3, Episode 3

September 14, 1997

Little Bear, Duck and Cat are bothered by the long winter ask the Groundhog for Spring prediction. Spring comes earlier than they expected.

4Season 3

Season 3, Episode 4

September 21, 1997

Little Bear, Emily and Mitzi put up a performance using their dolls. The show is about a monster that comes to tea.

5Season 3

Season 3, Episode 5

September 21, 1997

Little Bear and his friends all play Simon Says. First Emily, then Little Bear, then Mitzi and finally Duck play as Simon.

6Season 3

Season 3, Episode 6

September 21, 1997

Little Bear, Emily and Tutu pick apples for Granny's applesauce. Little Bear gets a large apple which falls on a toad. The toad comes to Granny's for a share of applesauce.

7Season 3

Season 3, Episode 7

September 27, 1997

Uncle Rusty sits Little Bear in his parents absence. Little Bear's friends try to teach Rusty something about sitting.

8Season 3

Season 3, Episode 8

September 27, 1997

Little Bear and Father Bear go with Uncle Rusty on an adventure hiking up a big mountain. By nightfall they reach the summit.

9Season 3

Season 3, Episode 9

September 27, 1997

On the night of a full moon, Uncle Rusty tells Little Bear and Father Bear a tale about a small bear who wanted to take the moon with him.

10Season 3

Season 3, Episode 10

October 7, 1997

Little Bear heads to his grandparents to get some honey while trying to keep Mitsi out of some bee trouble. Using beekeeper equipment Little Bear and his grandparents get some honey.

11Season 3

Season 3, Episode 11

October 7, 1997

Little Bear catches a bottle on his rod. He dreams of meeting his mermaid friend again and doing some shell collecting. Soon he catches a large fish for stew. When he arrives back home, Father Bear returns from his fishing trip and gives Little Bear a surprise.

12Season 3

Season 3, Episode 12

October 7, 1997

Today Little Bear and his family and friends are celebrating Harvest Day. Little Bear is more interested in the sweet foods and soon gets a stomach ache.

13Season 3

Season 3, Episode 13

October 15, 1997

Little Bear and his friends have fun the tallest tree in the woods, then Lucy vanishes. Everyone thinks goblins took her away, but they find her under a large rock.

14Season 3

Season 3, Episode 14

October 15, 1997

Today Father Bear is not a good mood and Little Bear imagines him as a monster. Owl and Mitzy help him to make monster pudding, creating a mess in the process.

15Season 3

Season 3, Episode 15

October 15, 1997

Little Bear can't sleep, thinking there are bedbugs. When he wakes up his parents, a tickle fight and game of bedbugs ensues, until they all get drowsy.

16Season 3

Season 3, Episode 16

October 21, 1997

Little Bear, Emily and Granny make some gingerbread cookies. Then the cookies mysteriously run off. Little Bear and his friends chase them back to Granny's house.

17Season 3

Season 3, Episode 17

October 21, 1997

Father Bear shows Little Bear how play with marbles. When Little Bear's friends play the game, Mitzi gets all the marbles, but Little Bear manages to win them back.

18Season 3

Season 3, Episode 18

October 21, 1997

A mole is tunneling in the Bear family's garden. Little Bear and No Feet set a trap, but they find out the mole is not so scary at all and they become friendly with him.

19Season 3

Season 3, Episode 19

October 30, 1997

As Little Bear tries to retrieve Mother Bear's thread, he imagines himself the size of an ant, following the trail of the thread.

20Season 3

Season 3, Episode 20

October 30, 1997

Little Bear and his friends try out some costumes for dress up. Duck fancies herself as a princess and they all do a parade.

21Season 3

Season 3, Episode 21

October 30, 1997

Little Bear and Duck reminisce the time when they first met. Duck was with a group of hen chicks and Little Bear taught her how to quack and how to fly.

22Season 3

Season 3, Episode 22

November 5, 1997

Little Bear and Emily collect some interesting small plants from the forest. Mother Bear shows them the wonders of nature.

23Season 3

Season 3, Episode 23

November 5, 1997

Little Bear and his friends and family wait eagerly for New Year's. They all spend most of the time dancing. By midnight Little Bear and his friends are awake to see the new year, while the grownups all sleep.

24Season 3

Season 3, Episode 24

November 5, 1997

Little Bear and his friends play "Who Am I" giving impressions of Father Bear, No Feet, Moose and Lucy. Emily's Owl impression makes Owl feel left out until Little Bear coaxes him.

25Season 3

Season 3, Episode 25

November 11, 1997

Today is Emily's 7th Birthday. Little Bear and his friends come to celebrate the party at Granny's house. Little Bear is a bit worried about Emily growing up.

26Season 3

Season 3, Episode 26

November 11, 1997

Little Bear starts up a great race with his friends. Frog gets caught in the excitement. Then Moose also joins the race. At the finish point Frog wins the race.

27Season 3

Season 3, Episode 27

November 11, 1997

Little Bear and his friends start up a circus specially for Tutu. Then the otters come and become the circus clowns.

28Season 3

Season 3, Episode 28

November 17, 1997

Tutu brings a piece of firewood inhabited by a cricket. Granny names him Clever Cricket and he decides to settle in the house.

29Season 3

Season 3, Episode 29

November 17, 1997

Little Bear starts collecting leaves and helps Grandmother Bear bake a pie. During his afternoon nap waiting for the pie to be ready, he dreams of his mother as a child. When he wakes up, he finds Mother Bear's missing maple leaf charm.

30Season 3

Season 3, Episode 30

November 17, 1997

Little Bear cleans up the garden shed, while Grandfather Bear takes a nap. All this time a leaning broom is causing trouble and help for Little Bear, but he manages to clear the shed.

31Season 3

Season 3, Episode 31

January 9, 1998

Little Bear is ill in bed. Father Bear keeps Little Bear content and Mother Bear holds a picnic in the bedroom. At bedtime Little Bear dreams of being the giant of Pillow Hill.

32Season 3

Season 3, Episode 32

January 9, 1998

Hen tries to sing a bit of opera, but has tone problems. Little Bear encourages her to give her best shot in front of their friends.

33Season 3

Season 3, Episode 33

January 9, 1998

Father Bear is so busy in the garden he can't go fishing, so Little Bear helps out by digging a new patch for Mother Bear's tomato plants.

34Season 3

Season 3, Episode 34

January 16, 1998

Little Bear pretends to be Duck and vice versa. Duck thinks its her birthday. Then Hen and Cat swap personalities. Soon everyone becomes themselves.

35Season 3

Season 3, Episode 35

January 16, 1998

As Little Bear tries to yodel, he develops a sore throat. He takes the expression 'Frog in My Throat' literally. When he gets home, Mother Bear provides the cure.

36Season 3

Season 3, Episode 36

January 16, 1998

Little Bear jumps over some puddles, spoiling Duck's favorite one. Frog takes them to a large puddle. Little Bear makes the jump and is proclaimed the great Puddle Jumper.

37Season 3

Season 3, Episode 37

January 23, 1998

Father Bear is busy taking a bath. Little Bear joins him and they have fun and get cleaned up. Then Father Bear has Mother Bear get inside the bathtub.

38Season 3

Season 3, Episode 38

January 23, 1998

Little Bear is eager to play in the coming winter. In a dream Little Bear dances, makes music, has a snowball fight, does tobogganing and goes ice skating.

39Season 3

Season 3, Episode 39

January 23, 1998

It all starts with Mitzi flying Little Bear's airplane in the house. Mitzi, Owl and Little Bear manage to make more mess and they barely hide it from Mother Bear.