ABOUT THIS BOOK

Once upon a time, in a summer forest, there were fourteen bears . . . so begins a sweet story of a bear family’s life throughout the year, told in loving and simple detail. This book features two popular stories written by noted Southern author Evelyn Scott, and has been out of print for decades. We’re pleased to reissue this book in response to the requests of several booksellers, and hundreds of people who want it for their children
and grandchildren.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Southern-born Evelyn Scott was one of the most highly touted literary figures of the 1920s and 1930s. The Fourteen Bears stories were her only children’s books.
Virginia Parsons illustrated several Golden Books in the late 1960s and early 1970s.