The little books are gentle tales of love and loss, hope, self-esteem, and finding oneself, simply told with pictures of teddy bears. They are by a bear,  Mawson Bear, one of this bright world’s very few writer-bears. Photos by me, Mark O’Dwyer, his guardian, cushion-arranger and hapless typist. Intended as gift books, they are short, colourful, with a square format and only a few words on each page, making for an easy little read. Because they are hopefully destined to become random gifts of kindness between friends, the text is more for grownups. Although children have enjoyed them too, I describe them as ‘picture books for grownups’.