Else Holmelund Minarik

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September 13, 1920 in Denmark

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female

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Children's Books

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Else Holmelund Minarik is the author of the Little Bear series of children's books, which were successful as books, and were also made into a successful children's TV series. The Little Bear books sold more than 6 million copies worldwide.

Else Minarik was also the author of another well-known book, No Fighting, No Biting!

She was born in Denmark, and with her family immigrated to the United States at the age of four. After she graduated from Queens College, City University of New York she became a journalist for the Rome Daily Centennial newspaper and taught first-graders during WWII. Minarik lives in Nottingham, New Hampshire.

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Books by Else Holmelund Minarik

Average rating: 4.11 · 20,086 ratings · 433 reviews · 66 distinct works

	Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 11,737 ratings — published 1957 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Little Bear's Friend by Else Holmelund Minarik, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 2,405 ratings — published 1960 — 15 editions	My rating:
	A Kiss for Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 2,454 ratings — published 1958 — 17 editions	My rating:
	Little Bear's Visit by Else Holmelund Minarik, Maurice Sendak 4.14 avg rating — 932 ratings — published 1961 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Father Bear Comes Home by Else Holmelund Minarik, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 451 ratings — published 1959 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Little Bear Treasury by Else Holmelund Minarik, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) 4.28 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	My rating:
	No Fighting, No Biting! by Else Holmelund Minarik, Maurice Sendak (Illustrations) 4.11 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1958 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: Little Bear's Loose Tooth 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Little Bear and the Marco Polo by Else Holmelund Minarik, Dorothy Doubleday (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating: