The Little Polar Bear

The Little Polar Bear is the children's book series of the Dutch author Hans de Beer, who appears in NordSüd publishing since 1987.

On television, the little polar bear is seen since 1992, first in short 5 -minute episodes in the show with the mouse; In 2002 he released a 13- part series of longer episodes, which were then edited together and see in the cinema were. A majority of the books on the little polar bear was also set to music as a radio play, as did the movie " The Little Polar Bear ".

Formation

Hans de Beer was trying for his illustration studies in Amsterdam in vain, his thesis about a little polar bear drifting on an ice floe which accommodate at a publishing house. At the International Children's Book Fair in Bologna he met the Swiss publisher Brigitte Sidjanski who recognized the potential of this simple and friendly history. So it was that the book was first published in 1987 in German.

After the great success, the Hans de Beer had with the first book, the other Lars volumes offer essentially always a variation of the same story from an old dog new small, get to know the wide world, gets homesick and returns home again.

Action

The main character is Lars, a little polar bear who lives with his parents at the North Pole. Together with his friends or alone he slithers from one adventure to another and must be rescued by adults not uncommon. Lars has many friends that he meets during his many adventure travel, and some friends at the North Pole:

  • Juri ( Puffin )
  • Greta ( polar bear )
  • Lena ( snow bunny )
  • Caruso ( Penguin )
  • Hugo ( Lenas anxious brother; rather minor character )
  • Robby ( Seerobbe )
  • Beep ( snow goose)
  • Mika ( Papa)
  • Frida ( Mama )
  • Oxana ( polar bear )
  • Verena ( Bunny )
  • Little Polar Bear, where are you going? (Part 1 - 1988)
  • Little Polar Bear, come again soon! (Part 2 - 1992)
  • Little Polar Bear, Take me with you! (Part 3 - 1992)
  • Little Polar Bear, you know the way? (Part 4 - 1998)
  • The Little Polar Bear and the scaredy cat ( part 5 - 1998)
  • Little Polar Bear, do not leave me alone! (Part 6 -1999 )
  • Little Polar Bear, help me fly! ( Part 7 - 2001)
  • Book to movie: The Little Polar Bear 2 (2005)
  • The Little Polar Bear rescues the reindeer (Part 8 - 2005)
  • Little polar bear in the Bay of Whales (Part 9 - 2008)
  • The Little Polar Bear Lars, take us home! ( Part 10 - 2011)
  • The Little Polar Bear 2: My Puzzle Book

Movies

Since 2001, Lars, to see the little polar bear as a cartoon. The launch began with the movie in 2001. Subsequently other movies and 39 short films that were sent to Kika, ARD / ZDF and ORF.

Films and Videos

The films have a duration of 65-80 minutes each. In brackets the year of publication or Premiere. While the two movies each tell a new, great adventure, there are the videos of the series " New adventures, new friends," each consisting of three episodes together cut the 25 -minute series.

  • The Little Polar Bear - The Movie (2001)
  • The Little Polar Bear 2 - The movie - The Mysterious Island (2005)
  • The Little Polar Bear - New adventures, new friends 1 - Lars and the Little Tiger (2002)
  • The Little Polar Bear - New adventures, new friends 2 - Lars, Lea and Yuri (2002)
  • The Little Polar Bear - New adventures, new friends 3 - Nanouks Rescue (2003)
  • The Little Polar Bear - New adventures, new friends 4 - Visit to the South Pole (2004)

25 -minute short films

Since 2002, 13 short films were shown with a duration of about 25 minutes:

  • Great journeys
  • The Ghost Ship
  • Visit of Caruso
  • Little bear
  • The polar station
  • The sled dog
  • The Animal Control
  • Lea Brown Bear
  • On the seabed
  • In large port
  • In tiger woods
  • The dream of flying
  • Back in the jungle

5 -minute short films

The TV had Lars However, even before its launch to see as a movie theater cartoon, in very short episodes, each about 5 minutes of run time under the " Mouse TV ":

1992

  • The ice Floe
  • The snowstorm
  • The egg
  • The polar station
  • The network
  • The trap
  • The order

1993

  • The Animal Control
  • The Ice Cave
  • The Labyrinth
  • The weather balloon
  • The boat
  • The barrel

1994

  • The book
  • The honeycomb
  • The flower
  • The Teddy
  • Weißbär
  • The concert

1995

  • The competition
  • The Campfire
  • The Polar Night
  • The pranks
  • Stomach ache
  • Love story
  • The sled dog

Computer Games

  • The Little Polar Bear The game for the movie (PC, 2001)
  • The Little Polar Bear: The mystery of the " Great Bear " (PC / Mac, 2001)
  • Little Polar Bear, you know the way? (PC / Mac, 2003)
  • The Little Polar Bear: New adventures, new friends (PC, 2003)
  • Little Polar Bear, where are you going? (PC / Mac, 2004)
  • Little polar bear help me fly! (PC, 2005)
  • The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island (PC / Mac, 2005)

Reception

There are editions in 26 languages ​​, have been sold to ten million times. The little polar bear Lars was known even beyond the borders of the picture book world beyond Through clever merchandising. After a youth brand with Lars was already in Germany was spent in 1999, was released in March 2008 by the Swiss Post a stamp with the little polar bear as a subject.

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