Join Bear as he celebrates his birthday in this latest addition to the bestselling Bear series. Help Bear count backwards from 10 to 0 and find out who is making his balloons disappear.

Celebrate the origins of the delightful toy bears that have charmed adults and children around the world for more than a century. Here are stories and over 350 color photographs of some of the most important people, events, and bears that have contributed to Teddy's enormous popularity. Theodore Roosevelt, Seymour Eaton, Margarete Steiff, Peter Bull, and many others are featured with historical information about their importance to the bears

The high point of Teddy Bear's birthday is his birthday party, with presents, friends, decorations, and cake. On board pages.

One morning, the YUMMY scent of birthday cake wakes all the bear cubs in the forest. The cubs excitedly begin dancing arm in arm in anticipation of a big birthday party. However, the dancing abruptly stops when one little bear cub realizes he may not be invited to the birthday party because he is different from the other bear cubs; suddenly, sadness and discouragement fill the hearts of all the bear cubs as they each realize their differences amongst one another. Who will be invited to the birthday party, they wondered? Read on to find out how the bear cubs learn a lesson in inclusiveness, love, and friendship, and then find out WHO will be invited to the birthday party?

A teddy bear gets letters, a cake, presents, and a surprise party on his birthday.

P.B. Bear is a very special bear, and today is a very special day. Young children are invited to his early learning birthday party where they will: help find his friends; count the candles on his cake; guess what's inside the parcel; and search for tiny bear in every scene.