The Adventures of Howard the Bear

Cover of Howard's Sore Toe: a smiling girl with golden curls hugging Howard, a soft brown teddy bear
Book 1 · A story in verse · Ages 1–7

Howard's Sore Toe

One cold, windy day, a curious teddy bear climbs down the stairs to see what's outside, and finds a bigger adventure than he bargained for.

Available in Kindle, Paperback & Hardcover

A part of the proceeds from sales support various Missions

Free activity pages for kids!Colouring, a maze, bookmarks and more — free to download and print.
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About the story

Howard is a handsome Teddy Bear who loves to sit on his soft, comfortable bed and dream about adventures and trips.

One day, even though it is cold and windy, he decides to go down the stairs and investigate what is outdoors. The cold wind and the snow blow all around him, and he slips on the snow. Howard runs into all sorts of problems before he can find his way back into the house and up the stairs to his bed.

This was not the day to go outside. It was not the adventure that Howard had been dreaming about.

What readers are saying

★★★★★

Sweet story

“A lovely book to share with family and friends. Sweet characters and great illustrations. The authors commitment to a charitable donation is heart warming. Well done.”
Eurayle · Verified Purchase, Amazon.ca
★★★★★

Wonderful heartwarming story

“Congratulations to Diane and Romi on a wonderful book. It’s a must read for the young and young the at heart.”
Margaret Burniston · Amazon.ca
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Book details

1–7Reading age
24Pages
#1In the series
3Formats

Meet the creators

Diane Paul

Author

Author Diane Paul lives in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. She and her husband Norm have a blended family of 8 children, 11 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Diane was a Medical Laboratory Technologist, working in the local hospital and then moving to Agricultural Research in crop diseases at University of Guelph, Ridgetown College.

Diane has always loved writing poems and short stories for her own enjoyment and as special gifts for others. She then started to see her hobby becoming more serious and took a writing course at The Institute of Children’s Literature, West Redding, CT. This is her first publication.

Romi Caron

Illustrator

Romi is a professional artist and award-winning illustrator with over 85 published books. She was born in Brno, Czech Republic to a family with a rich history of art and architecture spanning several generations. Following in family tradition, Romi studied at the Prague University of Fine Arts.

She now lives in Gatineau, Quebec with her husband and three children in a house that she and her husband designed together. Romi shares her love for art by giving art lessons in schools and online.

www.romicaron.com →

Free printables

Print these out for a snowy-day read-aloud. Pick one to see it up close and download it:

Want everything at once? The full pack has the colouring page, the maze, a draw-your-own-adventure page with story questions, and the bookmarks (print that last page in colour, on card stock if you can).

Full pack (PDF)

Bring Howard home

A cozy read-aloud for bedtime, snow days, and every little adventurer who wonders what's outside. Every copy sold helps support various Missions.

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