Central Skagit Library District

Joey is upset because he has just gotten braces on his teeth. Missy, a little girl at school, asks him to carry her books. // Carl would like to play soccer with his girlfriend Mary. But when he tries, he just louses up.

Professor Coldheart and Frostbite plant a "fortune-telling machine" in the Forest of Feelings, to fool Good Luck Bear. // The Care Bears decide to help Lisa, a little girl who's afraid to go to sleep at night because of a monster in her closet.

When Cheer Bear fails at trying to make Grumpy Bear smile, she feels herself a failure. // Patti, heartbroken at her father's absence from the audience for her ballet, runs away. The Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins must find Patti.

Melanie's good with mechanical things, but her constant daydreaming gets her into trouble with her mother and father. // Cara always threatens to run away when her parents try to get her to do something she dislikes. The Care Bears warn her, but Cara runs away.

A "cloud quake" alerts the Care Bears to an invasion of Care-a-Lot - it's the Cloud Worm, they discover, who's gotten off course. // Jill likes to create pretend "adventures" and get other people involved in them.

Professor Coldheart takes control of the children of Abbotsville's "Mayor for a Day" celebration, and gets himself elected mayor. // Maestro Strato-Nefarious' violin playing causes the stars to collect in his pickle jar, and torrential rains to fall.

“A classic whodunit . . . the perfect book for food lovers.”—New York Daily News
Goldy Bear is the bright, opinionated, wildly inventive caterer whose personal life is a recipe for disaster, with bills taking a bite out of her budget and her abusive ex-husband making tasteless threats. Determined to take control, Goldy moves her business to the ritzy Aspen Meadow Country Club. Soon she’s preparing decadent...

Over the past years, I have published many bear stories in the Coast Mountain News; in our heavily populated bear area these stories draw a lot of reader interest. Most of the stories indicate the complete helplessness of the individual involved - all of a sudden it isn't the scenario so often portrayed by the common belief "leave them alone, and they won't bother you" or "make lots of noise and they'll go away." Instead, the encounter often becomes...

Get ready for a smorgasbord of delicious suspense prepared by Goldy Bear, an irrepressible mistress of menus and amateur sleuth. Filled with a cast of colorful characters and superb recipes, Catering to Nobody is the first in a series that has made Diane Mott Davidson a best-selling author and the Queen of the Culinary Mystery. Goldy Bear, recently divorced, has made a home for herself and her young son in scenic Aspen Valley, Colorado. There, calls...

Paddington visits a stately home. / Paddington and Mr. Gruber travel to Coober Pedy, Australia, the opal mining capital of the world. / Paddington gets a job as an assistant at a barber shop.