Little Bear (TV series)
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| Genre | Preschool animation |
| Created by |
Else Holmelund Minarik Maurice Sendak Jeff Goode |
| Starring |
Kristin Fairlie Jennifer Martini Elizabeth Hanna Janet-Laine Green Dan Hennessey Andrew Sabiston Tracy Ryan |
| Theme music composer | Franz Schubert |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 65 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Maurice Sendak John B. Carls |
| Producer(s) | Michael Hirsh Patrick Loubert Clive A. Smith Marianne Culbert |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Wild Things Productions Nelvana |
| Release | |
| Original network |
CBC (Canada) Nick Jr. (USA) |
| Original release | November 6, 1995 – November 7, 2003 |
Little Bear is an educational Canadian children's animated series based on the Little Bear series of books written by Else Holmelund Minarik, and illustrated by Maurice Sendak; the program was originally produced by CBC. It has been rebroadcast on many channels, including Noggin/Nick Jr. (US), ABC and ABC2 (Australia; 16 October 1997 – 15 April 2010) and Children's BBC (UK). A direct-to-video/DVD full-length feature film titled The Little Bear Movie was released in 2001.
Little Bear (voiced by Kristin Fairlie) is a 6-year-old small, curious grizzly bear cub who lives in the forest with his family and friends. Throughout the series, he has grown somewhat, as his voice is slightly deeper, and he rarely takes naps. He is the only character whose parents are shown other than exception of Duck's mother in one show who is a chicken. Little Bear lives in a stucco, wood, plaster, and brick house. He is always kind and loves to explore.
Duck (voiced by Tracy Ryan) is a female domestic duck with yellow feathers, an orange beak and a long neck. Slow and smart at the same time, Duck is one who gets herself into comical situations. She lives in a nest, although in one episode, she expressed longing for a house and tried to live in a house boat. It floated downriver filled with frogs and Duck lived happily in her nest. She loves playing "princess" and pretend. She was hatched in a nest of chicks, because "some eggs got mixed up", and Little Bear taught her to fly when she was a duckling. She never has any ducklings of her own, but she is sometimes seen babysitting a group of them. Her voice sounds Scratchy.
Owl (voiced by Amos Crawley) is a male short-eared owl who is sometimes pompous, yet he is very wise. He lives in a treehouse, and can be quite serious at times. Although Owl enjoys fun games, he will only participate if the gameplay is sensible. It is also shown that reading is his hobby.
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