Before leaving Denmark, she was inculcated with a love of Scandinavian fairy tales in the form of Hans Christian Andersen, whose stories her mother read to her. Holmelund was born in Denmark in 1920, and her family immigrated to the United States when she was four. One summary of the series describes Little Bear aptly: “He has a resemblance to preschool children: his world is benign, close and secure, with Mother Bear at its centre.” Without being saccharine, the simple stories follow the adventures, or non-adventures as the case may be, of Little Bear, an anthropomorphized bear child, as he explores his home and the world around it. January 1963.Else Holmelund Minarik’s Little Bear series is the book equivalent of a warm soft blanket on a chilly night. ^ The Little Giant Girl and the Elf Boy.'Else Holmelund Minarik, Author of Little Bear Books, Dies at 91'. ' 'Little Bear' author creates in Calabash'. ^ a b 'Remembering 'Little Bear' Author Else Holmelund Minarik'.^ a b c d Shannon Maughan (July 13, 2012).'Else Holmelund Minarik obituary | Books | .uk'. ^ a b c Julia Eccleshare (July 19, 2012).Percy and the Five Houses (1989) – illustrated by James Stevenson.The Little Giant Girl and Elf Boy (1963) – illustrated by Garth Williams.Cat and Dog (1960) – illustrated by Fritz Siebel (published with new illustrations by Bryan Langdo in 2005).No Fighting, No Biting! (1958) – illustrated by Maurice Sendak.Little Bear and the Marco Polo (2010) – illustrated by Dorothy Doubleday.Little Bear series (illustrated by Maurice Sendak, except for the last entry):.After having suffered a heart attack at 91, she died at home from complications, on July 12, 2012. Minarik's last book, Little Bear and the Marco Polo, was published in 2010. Minarik married her second husband, Pulitzer-winning journalist Homer Bigart, in 1970 after his death in 1991, she moved to Sunset Beach in Brunswick County, North Carolina, where she continued writing longhand, as she always had. She later lived in West Nottingham, New Hampshire. She subsequently lived on Long Island, where she was employed as a first-grade teacher for the Commack School District. After graduating from Queens College, City University of New York (B.A., 1942), she became a journalist, for the Daily Sentinel newspaper of Rome, New York, during World War II. By 1940, Else had married Walter Minarik, who died in 1963. Minarik was also the author of another well-known book, No Fighting, No Biting! Biography īorn in Fredericia, Denmark, Minarik immigrated to the United States at the age of four with her family. She was most commonly associated with her Little Bear series of children's books, which were adapted for television. Else Holmelund Minarik (née Holmelund Septem– July 12, 2012) was a Danish-born American author of more than 40 children's books.

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