Original title
Little Bear
Released
11/6/1995
Origin country
CA
Genre
Animation, Drama, Family, Kids
Production companies
Nelvana, Wild Things Productions, CBC, Hong Guang Animation (Su Zhou), John B. Carls Productions Inc., Ontario Film Investment Program
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
5
Number of episodes
195
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.
Little Bear wants some clothes to wear outside in the snow, but he realizes he's not at all cold and shows Mother Bear his snow bear.
Little Bear and his friends play hide and seek. Being the seeker is a little bit hard for Duck so Little Bear assists her.
Little Bear is disappointed he can't fly to the moon. When he tries, he thinks the Moon is just like the Earth.
It is Little Bear's birthday, but he thinks his mother has forgotten. Little Bear's friends come over, while he makes his own birthday soup.
When Little Bear comes to paint Hen's house, he gets covered in white paint. Little Bear thinks he's a polar bear from the North Pole until Mother Bear gives him a bath.
Little Bear goes fishing with Owl. Fishing is hard work for Little Bear that he falls asleep and dreams about big game fishing.
Little Bear wants to stay up all night to see the sunrise. Mother Bear finally allows him, but he falls asleep and dreams about the sunrise.
After getting muddy, Little Bear takes a bath. He imagines himself in the deep ocean meeting a mermaid while his father is fishing.
Father Bear is returning home today. Little Bear invites his friends to see him coming and Father Bear has presents for everyone.
Little Bear wakes up with flu and has to stay in bed all day. His friends to come and try to help him. The next morning Little Bear is all better so that he and Mother Bear can do some housework.
Little Bear, Duck and Cat explore the forest to find a landmark where the Bear parents went together. Along the way, they stumble into Skunk's den.
Little Bear and Father Bear go fishing together and its Little Bear's first time riding a boat. They soon get their big catch.
Little Bear makes a wish from a star. He dreams of wonderful fantasies as he makes wish after wish. Then Mother Bear tells him a bedtime story.
Little Bear is bored today without any of his friends to play with. He amuses himself by playing with his own shadow.
Today is Mother Bear's birthday, but Little Bear forgot to get a present. His friends also have presents to give to Mother Bear.
Little Bear visits his grandparents' house. Along the way he and his friends eat all the gifts that were meant for Grandmother.
Little Bear and Grandfather Bear spend the day together. At first Grandfather feels energetic but after lunch he takes a rest.
Grandmother Bear tells Little Bear a story about Mother Bear who raised a baby robin that was separated from its nest. When the robin grew up, Mother Bear set it free.
Little Bear's friends come to play at his house, but the Bear parents want them to stay quiet. Little Bear then develops hiccups and his friends and Mother Bear try everything.
It is the morning of Father Bear's play date with Little Bear, except that he's fast asleep or so Little Bear thinks.
Little Bear and Father Bear go hiking through the country to go camping. Little Bear meets some beavers who take him to see Pudding Hill and join in the camping.
Little Bear and his parents and friends go to the lake for a picnic. As Little Bear swims by himself, he spots and meets a mermaid.
Little Bear and Father Bear prepare a surprise breakfast for Mother Bear. They have a lot of fun making Flying Flapjacks.
While Little Bear and his parents remove some old stuff, they look at their memoirs especially a pair of maracas. Little Bear's friends misunderstand the origin of the maracas.
Little Bear invites his friends to see Father Bear's camera. Little Bear uses up most of the film, but Father Bear manages to take a picture of all the family and friends.
Little Bear meets a girl Emily with her doll Lucy. Together they go through the forest and find Emily's parents at a camp-site. Then Little Bear returns home.
Emily comes to visit Little Bear and they play Dress Up, Fishing and having a Wedding. Then Emily, Little Bear and Owl come to lunch.
Emily goes on a picnic to meet Little Bear's friends. Duck has brought her mischievous ducklings. Little Peep goes missing then rejoins the others.
Mother Bear is preparing for her parents' 50th marriage anniversary. The gramophone breaks, so Little Bear forms a band for the party.
It is near Emily's leaving time, so she and all her friends go to Hop Frog Pond. They have a great time swimming with the frogs and otters.
Little Bear gets scared from loud creaking caused by strong wind. Mother Bear comforts him with a story about Father Bear and the Wind.
Little Bear fibs to Grandfather Bear about a goblin eating some blueberries and Grandfather Bear tells Little Bear a story about a scaredy goblin.
Little Bear is so interested in his Goldbergian track that he tires himself out and after completing his invention, falls fast asleep.
Little Bear helps Grandfather Bear to clean out some things from the attic. The items in the attic bring back the memories and Grandfather Bear considers keeping everything.
As Little Bear and Emily pick fruit, they come across a stray robin egg. They manage find its mother and put it back in the nest moments before it hatches.
Owl decides to throw a 'Because Party' for Emily. As the party starts, Mother and Father Bear join in.
Little Bear and his friends perform a Rain-Dance Play, hoping that will make it rain. And sure enough it really does after the play.
Today Little Bear is pretty distressed that Emily is leaving to go back to school. With the new pen Emily gave him, he soon learns to write a letter to Emily.
Little Bear falls asleep after hard work and dreams he is with his friends playing in a pumpkin patch. Emily comes over for a weekend visit.
Because of his eating habits, Mother Bear jokingly convinces Little Bear he's a magician. Owl tries to prove Little Bear wrong.
Little Bear plays being a doctor when Mother Bear catches a chill then takes over doing the laundry. Little Bear's friends show concern for Mother Bear.
Little Bear is excited becoming bigger as he grows up. Not satisfied with his growth rate, he dreams of being a giant bear, which has its disadvantages.
On a fishing trip with Father Bear, Little Bear takes an interest in the night sky. Then he dreams a fantastic trip to the stars.
Little Bear tries to construct his own object out of wood using Father Bear's tools. Then his friends come to help and they end building a lemonade stand.
Little Bear goes on a journey to the North Pole, taking Duck with him. Their journey ends at a pole in the ground.
Whilst picking some vegetables, Little Bear meets a snake called No Feet and decides to adopt him.
Little Bear and Grandfather Bear go camping outside for the night.
Today is Hen's birthday. Emily is the only one who couldn't make it. Little Bear tries to deliver an orange balloon to Emily.
Little Bear and Owl try to take the shortcut Cat always takes, but they get lost.
Today Little Bear is getting accident prone and taking wrong turns every time.
Little Bear and Cat play hunting pirate treasure, then Hen, Duck and Owl join in. They sail to the Lost Island to look for the treasure.
Little Bear, Father Bear, Grandfather Bear and Uncle Rusty construct a house for Emily and her Granny.
Emily and her Granny with their little dog Tutu come to their new house to settle in on their hot air balloon and meet Little Bear and his friends and family for the first time.
While Little Bear plays hide and seek, Father Bear's pie vanishes. Little Bear inspects his friends one by one.
One of Little Bear's teeth becomes loose, so he tries some methods to get it out.
Granny tells Little Bear and his friends the tale of Red Riding Hood with Emily portrayed as Red Riding Hood and the others with certain roles.
Little Bear and Emily make some cupcakes. But the cupcakes bake rock hard in the oven. They hide them from Mother Bear.
Little Bear takes Father Bear on a walk through the snow. Both of them and Little Bear's friends begin to play a snowball fight.
The Bear family celebrate the Winter Solstice and their friends grow acquainted to the traditions.
Little Bear and his parents visit Emily and Granny. Snow surrounds the house forcing the Bear family to stay the night.
Little Bear wants a garden patch of his own, so Mother Bear helps him to plant sunflowers.
Emily takes the role of princess and Little Bear goes on an adventure to prove he's a prince on King Owl's behalf.
While Little Bear sits Tutu and Lucy for Emily, he paints a picture of Lucy to surprise Emily. However, Tutu gets jealous of being left out of the picture.
On a hot day, Little Bear and his friends play Follow the Leader to get to Hop Frog Pond.
When a wind blows down the garden scarecrow, Little Bear unsuccessfully tries to scare some crows himself.
Little Bear helps Mother to sit a baby raccoon. Little Bear names him Ick and plays with him.
Emily and Little Bear are enjoying themselves on a raft. Then the raft drifts down the river.
It is a windy day, so Little Bear and Grandfather Bear make a kite. While Little Bear flies his kite, he spots another kite.
Father Bear reads to Little Bear a story about monsters in the moonlight. Then they act out the story.
Little Bear brings Hen's nieces and nephews to visit her. They cause much mischief and mess around the house as they play.
Little Bear is pretty touchy that Emily kept his favourite ball, but he and his friends begin a game of baseball.
Emily entrusts Owl to take care of Lucy, but Duck sits on her which shocks Emily. Little Bear, Emily and their friends all hold a funeral.
Little Bear is in bed with Mumps. Emily visits and gives Little Bear a book she wrote about their past events.
Everyone comes to see the Blueberry play about "The Troll that lived under the bridge" before the Blueberry picnic takes place.
On a fishing trip, Emily pays more attention to Lucy than Little Bear, so Little Bear and Mother Bear decide to make Lucy a friend.
Little Bear and his friends walk to Pudding Hill for a picnic. No Feet joins in.
Little Bear goes on a walk through the forest to find a mysterious creature to draw.
At the coast Little Bear talks with his secret friend Whale. They spend a long time exchanging facts about land and sea.
Tired of his noisy neighbours, Owl tries to find another place to sleep. Wherever he goes there's always noise.
Little Bear and Emily's idea for a school attracts the otters to be the students. The otters have more fun and play than learning.
Today Little Bear and his parents do their routine spring cleaning. Father and Little Bear get carried away with having fun.
On a voyage to Blue Hill Island, Father Bear tells Little Bear of his old whale friend Mighty who got beached and rescued.
A tomboy monkey named Mitzi is on safari and meets Little Bear and his friends and tries to fit in, joining in their skipping game.
Granny brings out her old rug. Upon saying the magic word, Little Bear flies with Emily and Tutu on the rug.
Little Bear and his friends try to compose their own song.
Little Bear finds Mitzi sleeping on a tree, so he and his friends build a treehouse for her.
Little Bear joins Mitzi in a game of tree climbing.
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.
Little Bear finds a group of raccoons making music. Little Bear joins them but his parents' presence scares them away.
Little Bear, Duck and Cat are bothered by the long winter ask the Groundhog for Spring prediction. Spring comes earlier than they expected.
Little Bear, Emily and Mitzi put up a performance using their dolls. The show is about a monster that comes to tea.
Little Bear and his friends all play Simon Says. First Emily, then Little Bear, then Mitzi and finally Duck play as Simon.
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.
Uncle Rusty sits Little Bear in his parents absence. Little Bear's friends try to teach Rusty something about sitting.
Little Bear and Father Bear go with Uncle Rusty on an adventure hiking up a big mountain. By nightfall they reach the summit.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As Little Bear tries to retrieve Mother Bear's thread, he imagines himself the size of an ant, following the trail of the thread.
Little Bear and his friends try out some costumes for dress up. Duck fancies herself as a princess and they all do a parade.
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.
Little Bear and Emily collect some interesting small plants from the forest. Mother Bear shows them the wonders of nature.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Little Bear and his friends start up a circus specially for Tutu. Then the otters come and become the circus clowns.
Tutu brings a piece of firewood inhabited by a cricket. Granny names him Clever Cricket and he decides to settle in the house.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Little Bear pretends to be Duck and vice versa. Duck thinks its her birthday. Then Hen and Cat swap personalities. Soon everyone becomes themselves.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tonight a harvest moon is in the sky. In a dream, Little Bear dances with the scarecrow under the moon, accompanied by mice, pumpkins, a rake, and a shovel.
Little Bear, Duck, and No Feet take caterpillars out of Mother Bear's vegetable patch into some grassland. The next day, the caterpillars have turned into butterflies.
On Goblin Night (Halloween), Little Bear, Cat, Owl, Duck, and Mitzi dress as scary monsters and then join Mother Bear, Father Bear and other animals for the bonfire.
Duck and Owl come to Little Bear's house for a slumber party. Throughout the night they play games and Father Bear tells them a scary fairy tale.
On a relaxing day at the lake, Little Bear builds a sandcastle. Duck, the Otters, and Owl join in Little Bear's royal game. Soon they play a game of flattening the castle.
Today is Mother and Father Bear's Anniversary. Even without Father Bear Little Bear starts up a celebration party.
On April Fools Day, Little Bear tries to trick his parents which don't seem to work, until he gets a little flustered.
Little Bear shares with the otters and Owl some bubble gum. The otters wind up chasing Owl to burst his large gum balloon.
While taking a walk, Mother Bear drops one of her dress buttons. Little Bear and Duck look for it.
Today is Grandfather Bear's birthday. Little Bear helps Grandfather make an ice boat as a present.
Little Bear finds a lost fawn and takes care of her at home.
Little Bear plays a game with his friends of being invisible, but it doesn't quite fit in hiding and seek.
Little Bear receives an anonymous valentine letter.
Little Bear draws some pictures for Mother Bear.
Little Bear and his friends play a game of I Spy.
Little Bear meets a bear cub and his brother Big Bear. Big Bear is training his baby brother's sense of smell with a blue feather.
The weather becomes rainy with a thunderstorm. Little Bear imagines it as a monster.
Little Bear and his friends play a game where Duck gets to be the soup for Mitzi's monster.
A skunk family has lost their baby. Owl and Little Bear look for it.
Today is Mother's Day. While Little Bear picks flowers he helps a distressed rabbit to show him his mother still loves him.
Today is a light snowfall. Little Bear, Duck, Owl, and Cat follow a set of small footprints to find out who made them.
On a rainy day, Little Bear plays with Grandfather Bear's old toys in the attic.
Emily makes for Little Bear a goblin costume. During a game of tag, Little Bear meets a real goblin.
Little Bear imagines himself having a picnic on the moon and invites his friends over wearing their own space helmets.
A fog covers the sea as Little Bear fishes with Owl. They are encountered by a giant sea dragon.
Little Bears finds a box of hats and tries on several different hats with Emily. Later they give their friends a hat parade.
Little Bear sifts around his messy bedroom looking for Fisherman Bear.
Mr. Skunk is distressed that no one loves him. Little Bear tries to help him.
Mr. Skunk kisses Duck to pass it to Little Bear. Soon a kissing tag ensues.
Today, Mr. Skunk is to be wed with Ms. Skunk and all Little Bear's friends and relatives are invited.
As Duck tries to teach the ducklings how to quack, she loses her own. Wherever they look, the ducklings pick up other noises. Duck finds her quack when Little Bear tries.
Little Bear goes to play with Owl, but he's grumpy and busy just like Father Bear. Little Bear and Duck start up an act to make Owl laugh.
Grandfather Bear has lost his pocket watch. Little Bear sums up some clues to conclude a goblin took it, but at lunch he finds it hidden in a loaf of bread.
On a windy day in Mother Bear's garden, Little Bear tells a poem about flying.
Little Bear's fishing trip with Father Bear ends up being a time with all his friends too.
An octopus takes Fisherman Bear from Little Bear. With Mermaid's help, Little Bear retrieves him from the Octopus' tea party and finds him a new friend.
Little Bear tries hard to catch a dandelion fluff to make a wish. Duck and Cat assist him hoping for a share of the wish until they all run into a field of dandelions.
As Mother Bear prepares the table for Harvest Day, Little Bear breaks her gravy boat. Little Bear's friends try to fix it, but Father Bear has the answer.
Hen has so much to do, that Duck helps her for the tea party. Duck takes Hen's requests too literally. He still manages to start the tea party.
Little Bear makes some sour lemonade which he imagines is magic. His friends feel better from the heat after drinking the lemonade.
Little Bear tries to get Father Bear to stay in a perfect posture for his picture, but Father Bear is in a silly mood. Still Little Bear gets his picture done.
It's bedtime, but Little Bear wants to ensure he stays awake. After some excitement, Little Bear and his parents finally get tired enough to go to bed.
While assisting Mother and Father Bear with their chores, Little Bear anticipates the winter arrival of "Old Frost".
Little Bear, Duck, Owl and Cat dream of winter's arrival, and sing to the clouds to make the snow fall.
Little Bear and Duck set off into the night sky to inform the moon that its brightness is keeping them awake.
Finding nobody at home and lacking company, Little Bear begins talking to himself, to the great astonishment of his friends. When he finds them hiding in a bush he rejoins them.
Little Bear sees some resemblances in himself to his parents and grandparents when they tell him he is in some ways like them.
Little Bear's parents have lost their belongings and imagine Mr. Nobody is behind this. Little Bear is in fact that imaginary mischief-maker.
Little Bear mimics the actions of other animals, exchanging a lot of imitations with No Feet.
Little Bear practices playing the flute being taught a lesson by Grandfather Bear. The music gets the attention of some mice in the attic and Little Bear and Grandfather Bear lead out into the forest.
Little Bear and Emily play on a swing then switch to playing Princess, before returning to the swing by nightfall.
Little Bear and friends perform a circus act in the forest.
Little Bear, Duck, Owl and Cat attempt to find Little Bear's lost lucky clover. Later he realizes that his luck isn't within a clover, but is in the friendships he shares.
During a camping trip, everyone takes turns adding onto Little Bear's scary story about a monster.
When Little Bear wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, he decides to do impractical opposite things. Little Bear's friends quickly get the idea and play along.
As Little Bear waits for the moon to come, he and Mother Bear wish upon the evening star. Little Bear finally sees the moon during his bedtime.
This morning Little Bear doesn't get up at first, but then he pretends he is the Sleepy Head Monster. When his parents play the game they get tired and fall asleep in Little Bear's bed.
Little Bear spends some time with his favorite oak tree. Some Blue Jays settle on it. By autumn the tree is blown down.
Little Bear, Emily, Duck and the ducklings look for special things for Lucy and Fisherman Bear's wedding.
Father Bear and Mother Bear are pretty busy and Little Bear gets tired of waiting. Eventually Little Bear teaches Father Bear what it is to be patient.
On a hot day, Little Bear imagines himself and Duck lost from the North Pole. After a lot of fun in the snow, they go back to the warmer summer outside their imagination.
Little Bear meets a young raccoon who mimics his actions, getting the name Little Little Bear. Together they play games until the raccoon family arrives.
Having caught nothing, Little Bear, Owl and Duck sail out on the lake. In the middle of a storm, a whale swallows them and they escape out of the blowhole.
Little Bear makes himself a leafy mask. With it, he scares his friends. Little Bear then makes a crown for Mother Bear.
Little Bear tries to catch a large fish, which gets away. He visits Captain Buckle's pirate ship and the Mermaid gives him a conch to call the fish.
Little Bear is looking for his crayons to draw the sunset. By the time he finds all his crayons, the night has come.
Little Bear and Duck play with a porcupine all the while trying not to get pricked by her quills, but the porcupine finds another one to play with.
With so many frogs keeping Duck awake late at night, Little Bear makes her a houseboat. Duck doesn't like the houseboat, but all the frogs do.
Little Bear tells his parents a bedtime story about the first time he met Owl when he was looking at the moon and they shared their interests in the nighttime.
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