Papa Bear is coming home

The father figure is the focus of the stories grouped in “Papá Bear returns home”, which are framed in a domestic context, of daily life and familiarity with other inhabitants of the forest. Osito makes us part of his dreams and aspirations: to look like his father and imagine himself fishing in the sea like him, even if he has to settle for a trunk as a boat and a small fish as the only catch in the river. The news of his return makes Osito excited with the idea of meeting a mermaid; and with him, other animals are going to receive him, although there is no trace of the siren other than the hypothesis of some bubbles in the water and the sound of the sea in a shell. That's what Bear and his friends entertain themselves with when the main character has a hiccup attack that everyone tries to help him overcome even though, in the attempt, they break the serenity with which Papa Bear reads his newspaper. Author: Holmelund, Else | Illustrator: Maurice Sendak