It's Honey Bear's birthday, and he gets to make a birthday wish.

It is Honey Bear's birthday, but it seems as if everyone except his mother has forgotten. Then Mother calls Honey Bear into the clearing and, "Surprise!" there is his whole family and his very best friend singing "Happy Birthday" to him! Mother brings out a beautiful cake. "Blow out the candles, Honey Bear, " she says. "And don't forget to make a wish." What should Honey Bear wish for? They all offer different, suggestions that reflect their affection for Honey Bear and their particular relationship to him, and they are all good wishes. What will Honey Bear decide? From the creator of the bestselling Rainbow Fish books comes a sweet and simple story about a lucky little bear who discovers just how much he is loved.

A bear takes a baby into the forest to eat some honey, and her mother is so relieved to find the baby safe and covered in honey that she begins using the endearment "honey," which now all parents use to address their children.

A friendship book perfect for the holiday season One clear night, Bear makes a wish on a twinkling star and Mouse joins him in waiting for the wish to come true. But the other animals who come by all have advice for Bear. "Don't tell anyone," says Owl. "Close your eyes," says Fox. And Elephant suggests standing on one foot. Before long, all of Bear's friends are there. "What did you wish for?" asks Mouse. Bear's answer will bring a smile to even the very youngest readers. Simply told and wonderfully illustrated, Make a Wish Bear reminds readers what's most important in life--good friends.

New Yorker cartoonist Liam Francis Walsh's Make a Wish, Henry Bear is the story of a young bear, a birthday wish gone awry, and a new friendship to set things right. Henry Bear has very unusual parents. They encourage him to stay up all night, eat chocolate cake at every meal, and get into trouble with his teacher. But what happens when Henry Bear grows tired of indulging in childish things? Find out in this droll tale about making wishes with unanticipated consequences written and illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist Liam Francis Walsh, author of Fish, which Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review, called “full-bodied” and “rewarding.”

"Bear makes the greatest wish of all--to be with friends"--

During his winter sleep, Honey Bear dreams of the pleasures that await him when he awakens, especially the search for honey, in a story with a latex bear puppet in the spine that can pop through the openings to appear on each spread.