Hardcover $19.95
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Paperback $14.95
Welcome to Bear Hollow Press
Home of the Upstairs Armadillo Series and the Kenyon Bear Books
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Never Get A Wizard Mad At You
Book One In the Upstairs Armadillo Series
Hardcover: $22
Paperback: $16.95
165 pages
ebook: kindle unlimited edition
The Wizard's favorite pet, an upstairs armadillo, is missing.  He must be found!  The hunt is on, though Emma, Jane, and Anthony don't yet know it. Somehow the upstairs armadillo has ended up in Emma's sock drawer.  She's not sure what he is or how he got there.  And she doesn't realize that she and her sister Jane have accidentally invited the upstairs armadillo's favorite friends to a tea party. Her bedroom quickly becomes overcrowded when a goat, several sheep, a giraffe, a hare, and a whole alphabet full of other animals pop in for cake and games.  Their parents must not find out! Charles Alexander, their resident poltergeist, refuses to help. When the family dog sniffs out the tea party, chaos follows. The hunt for the upstairs armadillo takes the children tumbling down meerkat tunnels, stumbling across penguins in Antarctic, splashing about in beaver ponds, and trekking across a desert on the back of a camel - all while being pursued by a very angry Wizard.
The Kenyon Bear Books
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Wishing Well
Magic
Book Five in the
Kenyon Bear Series
Indy is a teddy bear with Ideas who loves to play pranks on his friends in the Shuttle Hill Herb Shop. When the bears build a wishing well, Indy fools the others into thinking the shop has been invaded by a dragon.
But it’s Indy who gets the real surprise. Both the magic and the dragon turn out to be real. Always ready for fun, Indy ignores Kenyon’s warnings as he sets off on an adventure outside of the shop.
His friends must follow him and rescue him from the many mishaps he tumbles into.
Teddies to the Rescue
Book One in the
Kenyon Bear Series
Kenyon Bear and the other teddy bears in the Shuttle Hill Herb Shop form a rescue party when they learn that one of their teddy bear friends is being mistreated by his new owner.
Edgrr
The Bear Who Wanted To Be Real
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Book Two in the
Kenyon Bear Series
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Edgrr does not want to be a teddy bear. He wants to be a real bear.
All the other bears at the Shuttle Hill Herb Shop find good homes. But not Edgrr. Nobody wants a fierce bear.
So Kenyon Bear decides that something has to be done. He comes up with a plan, and Edgrr discovers what being a real bear is all about.
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Paperback $14.95
Hardcover $19.95
Sara's Story
The Bear Nobody Wanted
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Book Three in the
Kenyon Bear Series
Sara lives in the Shuttle Hill Herb Shop with the other teddy bears. She dreams of being adopted and loved, but nobody wants her. Kenyon and the other bears try to cheer her up, but always she is the bear who is left behind.
When she is finally picked, she feels even worse. She isn’t going to a family to be loved, but to be a decoration in somebody’s living room.
After a chimney fire sends smoke through the house, Sara is tossed away in the trash. When Sara is rescued by a stray dog named Ginger, she discovers what it is to be loved.
Kenyon Bear's
Christmas
Book Four in the
Kenyon Bear Series
Kenyon Bear has always lived in the Shuttle Hill Herb Shop. It's been his home for as long as he can remember. When the shop owner tells him she's going to retire and close the shop right after Christmas, Kenyon is heart broken.
As he prepares for the last Christmas in the shop, he is faced with the difficult task of finding a new life for himself. The other bears help out and their last Christmas together becomes a celebration of friendship and love.
Kenyon Bear's Christmas is the perfect book for young readers as they count down the days until Christmas.
Wishing Well
Magic
Book Five in the
Kenyon Bear Series
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"When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly."
C.S. Lewis
I don't know how old I was when I first read that quote, probably eight or nine. I have remembered it always because I never stopped reading children's books.
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I was three the first time Lewis' "The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe" was read to me. Four when Tolkien's "The Hobbit" was read to me. The magic in those books wound it's way into my heart and remained there always.
“No book is really worth reading at the age of 10 which is not equally - and often far more - worth worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.
C.S. Lewis
What do you do to relax? Some people garden. Some people watch a movie, or visit with friends. I write children's books. When I was little, there were never enough of the books I loved. I read the Narnia series over and over again, but I wanted more, so I began to write my own stories.
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I have a collection of them, tucked away. When the pandemic locked everything down, I went hunting for them and started reading, and then because I had time, I wrote three more.
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And now I want to begin sharing these stories with all of you. The first book, "Teddies to the Rescue" was written in 1985 and was published originally in 1986. It began as a Christmas present for my mother. You can see from the photos that even then, horses were very much part of the story.
"Teddies to the Rescue" was the first in a series of Kenyon Bear Books which were published between 1986 and 1989. I am reissuing them now, so I am inviting you to . . .
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Teddies to the Rescue
Book One in the
Kenyon Bear Series
Kenyon Bear and the other teddy bears in the Shuttle Hill Herb Shop form a rescue party when they learn that one of their teddy bear friends is being mistreated by his new owner.
Edgrr
The Bear Who Wanted To Be Real
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Book Two in the
Kenyon Bear Series
Edgrr does not want to be a teddy bear. He wants to be a real bear.
All the other bears at the Shuttle Hill Herb Shop find good homes. But not Edgrr. Nobody wants a fierce bear.
So Kenyon Bear decides that something has to be done. He comes up with a plan, and Edgrr discovers what being a real bear is all about.
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Paperback $14.95
Hardcover $19.95
Sara's Story -
The Bear Nobody Wanted
Book Three In the
Kenyon Bear Series
Sara lives in the Shuttle Hill Herb Shop with the other teddy bears. She dreams of being adopted and loved, but nobody wants her. Kenyon and the other bears try to cheer her up, but always she is the bear who is left behind.
When she is finally picked, she feels even worse. She isn’t going to a family to be loved, but to be a decoration in somebody’s living room.
After a chimney fire sends smoke through the house, Sara is tossed away in the trash. When Sara is rescued by a stray dog named Ginger, she discovers what it is to be loved.
Paperback $14.95
Hardcover $19.95
NEW!!
Kenyon Bear's Christmas is the perfect book for young readers as they count down the days until Christmas.
Kenyon Bear's
Christmas
Book Four in the
Kenyon Bear Series
Kenyon Bear has always lived in the Shuttle Hill Herb Shop. It's been his home for as long as he can remember. When the shop owner tells him she's going to retire and close the shop right after Christmas, Kenyon is heart broken.
As he prepares for the last Christmas in the shop, he is faced with the difficult task of finding a new life for himself. The other bears help out and their last Christmas together becomes a celebration of friendship and love.
NEW!!
Wishing Well
Magic
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Book Five in the
Kenyon Bear Series
But it’s Indy who gets the real surprise. Both the magic and the dragon turn out to be real. Always ready for fun, Indy ignores Kenyon’s warnings as he sets off on an adventure outside of the shop.
Indy is a teddy bear with Ideas who loves to play pranks on his friends in the Shuttle Hill Herb Shop. When the bears build a wishing well, Indy fools the others into thinking the shop has been invaded by a dragon.
His friends must follow him and rescue him from the many mishaps he tumbles into.