"Sister Bear and her new friend, Miranda, make a lot of bad decisions--riding down Dead Bear's Hill, eating Ben's apples, running through Mizz McGrizz's tulips. When Mama Bear finds out about these things, she wants Sister to stop playing with their new neighbor. But is it really all Miranda's fault?"--p. [4] of cover.

Collects six previously published stories.

The Bear Detectives get to work when the nasty Bogg Brothers escape from jail and threaten to plunder the Bearsonian, the biggest museum in Bear Country.

The Bear Scouts work on their Scuba-diving Merit Badge, while trying to discover what is causing the pollution in Lake Grizzly that is making Old Jake, a very large catfish, sick.

Rhyming text and illustrations present a broad range of prehistoric mammals, from the ratlike Triconodon to the spectacular Woolly Mammoth.

"Sister Bear has made it to the school spelling bee! Papa Bear is very proud and excited to help her practice...and practice...and practice.... But will all of this p-r-a-c-t-i-c-e take all of the f-u-n out of spelling for Sister?"--p. [4] of cover.

Sister Bear falls in love with horses and takes riding lessons on a horse named Old Bess.

The Bear Scouts use a clue from Wise Old Owl to solve the mystery of why Farmer Ben's cows are giving milk that tastes like onions.

The entire Bear family becomes involved in an attempt to clean and organize the cubs' messy room.