Bear at the Beach

1996 National Parenting Publications Gold Award

The Best Kids' Books for 1996

"Bear lives by the sea with little Clara, but he longs for a father.

He searches everywhere for that father, and he asks the crab, the fish

and everyone he meets for that father. But at the end of this delicately drawn, exquisitely designed, quiet little book, Bear discovers that

what he searches for he already possesses--right at home."