First published in 1946, "The Bear that Wasn't", written by the famed American animator, cartoonist, screenwriter, and film director Frank Tashlin, is a clever and entertaining children's tale of a bear and mistaken identity. Tashlin, born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein, in Weehawken, New Jersey in 1913, directed and supervised many Looney Tunes cartoons before he found fame as a motion picture director. "The Bear that Wasn't" was the first of his three children's books and is the humorous tale of a bear who has awakened ...
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First published in 1946, "The Bear that Wasn't", written by the famed American animator, cartoonist, screenwriter, and film director Frank Tashlin, is a clever and entertaining children's tale of a bear and mistaken identity. Tashlin, born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein, in Weehawken, New Jersey in 1913, directed and supervised many Looney Tunes cartoons before he found fame as a motion picture director. "The Bear that Wasn't" was the first of his three children's books and is the humorous tale of a bear who has awakened from hibernating to find that the world around him has utterly transformed into an industrial city of the future. He is mistaken for a lazy worker and ordered to get back to his job in the factory. No matter how often he insists that he is indeed a bear, he is told by one boss after another that is only a "silly man who needs a shave and wears a fur coat". Bear knows who he really is though and, in the end, finds his way back to the life he was meant to live. This children's classic will delight children and parents alike with its satirical depiction of corporate culture and its timeless message of accepting yourself as who you are. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.
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This is one of those books that has at least two messages. On the surface it appears as a children's fable. Deeper down, it is an excellent commentary on management/group think/ inflexible and ossified organizations. It out to be required reading for every MBA student.
waitingforareprint
Jan 14, 2010
Great book for all ages.
This was a childhood favorite, published originally in 1946 and currently out of print. The story is one of personal triumph of the individual (bear) against the powers of industrialization and conformity. And the drawings are wonderfully clever. I am waiting for a reissue in hardback...