[1] The first book in the series, titled Little Bear, was published in 1957 by Harper and Brothers.

[2] This series of books went on to spawn a TV series, Little Bear, which culminated with a direct-to-video film[3] entitled The Little Bear Movie.

[4] The series was animated by Canadian studio Nelvana and starred Kristin Fairlie as the voice of Little Bear.

[5] The five original Little Bear books were illustrated by Maurice Sendak.

In 2010, two years before her death, Minarik published a sixth book, Little Bear and the Marco Polo, which was illustrated by Dorothy Doubleday.