The Washington Post, June 17th, 2000
His paws are furry. His hair is bedraggled. He yawns, then stumbles out of a makeshift cave on stage before a giggly swarm of elementary school children. "I love books," says the beefy bear in a witless voice. "Books can take you anywhere. You can go anywhere in the world. You can even be in the bathtub." He grabs a book and reads aloud. He puts on a puppet show that includes book characters such as the Stinky Cheese Man. Suddenly, he's Regis Philbin in a bear outfit hosting "Who Wants to Be a Million Bear," peppering students with questions about classics such as "Goldilocks and the Three B...
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