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After a winter of sleeping, Black Bear and her cubs catch fish, eat honey, and climb trees in the spring sunshine.

From the first day of spring to the snows of winter, the curious Cub and her brothers explore their world, under the watchful eye of their mother. Includes facts about black bears.

While their mother investigates a series of bear attacks in and near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Jack and Ashley learn about country music and Cherokee people from two new friends, one of whom is keeping a secret.

"Baby Bear is so exhausted from staying up too late in the fall, that now he cannot wake up in the spring, but a few well-placed pecks from a mother Robin does the trick and Baby Bear finally awakes just in time to do a little babysitting himself. Includes multiple choice questions and answers about black bears." --

"The boys are down in the dumps--literally! Someone is dumping trash on the Wilder Family Campground's property. It's bad for the campground, and bad for the wildlife there, too. When Cooper Wilder and his friends, Packrat and Roy, find a fox in the woods with its head stuck in a jar, they know it's time to investigate. But when the boys start digging, they stumble headlong into the path of a garbage truck, an abandoned cellar hole, and a black bear...