Cute old series. The human character is named Francois, and the text does 'vibe' French, but there's no translation note in my thrift store copy. I think the right child would be entranced, but I'm too cynical to be charmed now, unfortunately. ( )

Happy Lion and the Bear is about a friendship that developed out of a huge misunderstanding. Everyone, but the lion, thought the bear was nice because the lion saw the bear when he was aggravated. In the end, the lion ends up saving the bear when he finds him after the wanders off. I thought this book was long and drawn out when the point could have been made fairly quickly. I would teach this to my students to make them understand to not make assumptions about someone. ( )