THE UNBEARABLE BEAR THIEF

Wally Whinge is a bit of a whinger.  He loves his wife, Lily and his mum, Annie and he also loves all his bears. His house and car are all about bears of all sizes and shapes.  He has many bears and his favourite is his bedtime bear, Hughie. He has a special relationship with Hughie and some other bears so when they are alone, he has little chats with them and no-one else listens so this is their little secret.  Wally trusts Lily and his mum so he shares this little secret with them but they never join in with these little chats. They are very private chats between Wally and his special bears.

He doesn’t have any children and doesn’t really have any interest in them until the day he meets Miranda who also loves bears.  One day Miranda’s favourite bear, Dicky is stolen when she is at a shopping mall. Miranda is so upset about her missing bear but feels a bit better when Wally says he hopes to find Dicky soon. Wally has a good idea who has taken her bear.

Most people love bears but there is one wicked man and his wife who don’t like them and think that bear owners are silly people.  Could they be involved with the missing bears?

Wally becomes a hero finding lots of missing bears with the help of some important secret agents from the USA and Russia as well as his good friend, PC Ripple.  Wally also makes a website for missing bears and all the lost bears are reunited with their owners.

Wally’s heroic actions are rewarded with very special invitations from important people in Russia and Wales. So off he goes on two very enjoyable and exciting trips with his family and his new friend, Miranda.

This is a story about a brave man, his love for bears and his new friendship with Miranda who can be naughty sometimes but is really very nice and kind.

AUTHOR – BARBARA REINDORP

Barbara is English and teaches English online.  She now lives in Bulgaria.

This is her first book and it is not just for children. This story is inspired by her husband’s love for bears and his imagination and so she created the main character and hero, Wally Whinge.  There are some elements of their life together but the story is mostly from Barbara’s imagination.

ILLUSTRATOR – DAVID GAUNT

David is Swedish and he is a renowned Historian and has written many books.

This is David’s first book of illustrations.

Barbara and David worked together to create the characters and scenarios in the book and hope they have bought the story to life with David’s original illustrations.