Something New for a Bear to Do

by Shirley Isherwood

Mr Manders wants to find something new to do - sing like the birds, for example, or spin a web like a spider. But after trying various things, he decides that it's perhaps best to be a bear after all.

112 pages, Paperback

First published March 24, 1986

About the author

Shirley Isherwood was born in Yorkshire but her family moved to London soon after her birth. She returned to the North of England just before the Second World War and began her working life as a dressmaker. Since starting to write, however, she refuses to even sew on a button! Shirley has written about thirty children's books and many series for children's television. Her books have been published in France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and America.