"Rupert usually sets out on a small errand for his mother or to visit a friend, which then develops into an adventure to an exotic place such as King Frost's Castle, the Kingdom of the Birds, underground, or to the bottom of the sea. Sometimes one of the Professor's inventions opens the door to one of Rupert's adventures. At the end of the story Rupert returns to Nutwood, where all is safe and well, and where his parents seem perfectly sanguine about his adventures. Unlike most modern comic strips, Rupert Bear has always been produced in the original form of"
"video starring Rupert called ""Rupert and the Frog Song"". The short film, produced by McCartney won the British Academy Award. Tourtel's home was in Canterbury in Kent, and the Rupert Bear Museum, part of the Museum of Canterbury, has collections that cover much of the history of Rupert and his friends, as well as Tourtel and other illustrators. The museum is geared toward families and those interested in the general history of Rupert. On 31 October 2005, UK Media Group Entertainment Rights (which was later bought by Boomerang Media and then DreamWorks Animation) purchased a majority interest in the Rupert"
"White Bear, Saskatchewan White Bear is a hamlet in Lacadena Rural Municipality No. 228, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 13 in the Canada 2006 Census. The hamlet is located approximately northwest of Swift Current on the north side of the South Saskatchewan River. The hamlet's name comes from the sighting of a probable but now extirpated white prairie grizzly bear by an Assiniboine warrior on the shores of a neighbouring lake during the Palliser Expedition of the 1850s. Records from early Metis settlers and the North-West Mounted Police state"
"BBC did not like Peter's first character, a man in top hat made from black Irish bog oak called ""Professor Bogwood"". They thought it was too frightening and asked for a non-human instead. Bagpuss is now retired. First he lived with Rupert Bear in the Rupert Bear Museum in Canterbury, part of the Canterbury Heritage Museum. After its closure at the end of 2017, he and Rupert Bear moved to the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge in Canterbury. Most of the stories and songs used in the series are based on folk songs and fairy tales from around the"
"car park in the village provides the easiest access route for climbing Moel Hebog, the mountain which directly overlooks the village. Part of the restored Welsh Highland Railway runs through the village. In April 2009 the railway station was reopened to the public. The line links the village with Caernarfon to the north and Porthmadog to the south. Other local attractions include the Sygun Copper Mine. The village is also linked with the Rupert Bear stories, as Alfred Bestall wrote and illustrated some of the stories whilst he lived in the village, in a cottage at the foot of Mynydd"
"lived in the village at Bateman's. Kipling used the house's setting and the wider local area as the setting for many of his stories in ""Puck of Pook's Hill"" (1906) and the sequel ""Rewards and Fairies"" (1910), and there is a Kipling room at ""The Bear"" public house, one of two pubs located along Burwash High Street. Rudyard's son John Kipling, died during the First World War and is named on the village memorial at the end of Bell Alley Lane. He was named after Rudyard's father, the artist John Lockwood Kipling, (1837–1911), who provided illustrations for the classic story"
"of the story ""Little Lost Bear"" written and drawn by Tourtel. Bestall expanded the stories and plots of Rupert; and in addition to precise and detailed drawings for the ""Daily Express"" panels he also created beautifully crafted illustrations in the Rupert Annuals. Bestall drew the Rupert stories for the ""Daily Express"" until 1965; and continued to illustrate the covers for the annuals until his retirement in 1973. Much of the landscape in Rupert is inspired by the Vale of Clwyd in North Wales (Alfred Bestall himself lived for many years in the north Welsh village of Beddgelert)(the Professor's castle is"
"The Adventures of Rupert Bear The Adventures of Rupert Bear (My Little Rupert in the US) was a live-action puppet television series, based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear, produced by ATV. It aired from 28 October 1970 to 24 August 1977 on the ITV network, with 156 11-minute episodes produced over four series. The characters were all puppets, although the opening sequence featured a toy version of Rupert Bear sitting in a live-action child's bedroom. Rupert's friends and flying chariot appeared just as they had in the pages of the ""Daily Express"", although he was joined by some"
"the series The Two Ronnies (Season 7: 1978-1979) showed a parody sketch of Rupert Bear. It was titled ""Rupert Baird"" with Ronnie Corbett playing the part of Rupert and Ronnie Barker playing the role of a journalist/newsreporter. The whole of the dialogue in the sketch was composed of the rhyming prose that appears in the stories. The sketch also included the ""Tell 'em about the honey Mummy"" monster which at the time was a television advert. Rupert Bear Rupert Bear is a children's comic strip character created by the English artist Mary Tourtel and first appearing in the ""Daily Express"""
"exploration of alternative energy sources. Bear River, Nova Scotia Bear River is a small village situated at the head of the tidewaters of the Bear River. The river itself is the border between the Annapolis and Digby counties of Nova Scotia and thus, splits the village so that half the village is in Annapolis County and the other half in Digby County. The village is adjacent to the Bear River First Nation which administers the Bear River 6, 6A and 6B reserves. Originally inhabited by the Mi'kmaq, the area was called ""Eelsetkook"", meaning ""flowing along by high rocks."" It was"
"south of the settlement. Bear Tavern, New Jersey Bear Tavern is an unincorporated community located within Hopewell Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The settlement is named for a historic tavern once located there. During the American Revolutionary War, troops led by George Washington crossed the Delaware River at a location west of the settlement, then ""trekked inland to the Bear Tavern and turned right, heading southeast toward Trenton"". The settlement is today located at the corner of Washington Crossing Pennington Road and Bear Tavern Road. Washington Crossing State Park is located immediately to the northwest. Bear Tavern"
"Four Bears Village, North Dakota Four Bears Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKenzie County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 517 at the 2010 census. Four Bears Village is located at (47.982231, -102.578859). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 364 people, 87 households, and 80 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 348.8 people per square mile (135.1/km²). There were 90 housing units at an average density of 86.2/sq mi (33.4/km²). The"
"Mary Tourtel Mary Tourtel (born Mary Caldwell on 28 January 187415 March 1948) was an English artist and creator of the comic strip Rupert Bear. Her works have sold 50 million copies internationally. Tourtel was born Mary Caldwell, the youngest child of Samuel Caldwell, a stained-glass artist and stonemason, and his wife Sarah. Mary studied art under Thomas Sidney Cooper at the Sidney Cooper School of Art in Canterbury (now the University for the Creative Arts), and became a children's book illustrator. In 1900 she married an assistant editor of ""The Daily Express"", Herbert Bird Tourtel, at Eton. Rupert Bear"
"1987 it was transferred to the Black Bear Family Trust, which limits development of the property and established trustees to oversee various specified duties. Black Bear Ranch was the subject of the 2005 documentary ""Commune"" by Johnathan Berman. The commune still exists today and continues to follow the basic ideals which motivated its founding. At the Summer Solstice Gathering in 2013, there were over 40 residents, the highest population in decades. It is located in a steep pocket valley in the Siskiyou Mountains. The motivation behind setting up the commune was to create an intentional community that would reflect the"
"English Heritage blue plaque at 58 Cranes Park, Surbiton, London, where he lived for 30 years. As confirmed in his biography (written in 2003 by his niece and god-daughter, Caroline Bott), he also lived in Beaconsfield House, 44 Ewell Road, Surbiton KT6 6HY, from 1966 to 1977. Bestall died on 15 January 1986, aged 93, at Wern Manor Nursing Home in Porthmadog, Wales. He is buried in plot 100 of Brookwood Cemetery. ""The Rupert Bear Story"" aired on Channel 4 on 9 December 1982. It was directed by Terry Jones of Monty Python. Jones's favourite children's story was Rupert Bear."
"Bear River (Nova Scotia) The Bear River is a minor river in western Nova Scotia, Canada. Flowing from south to north, it is long from its headwaters to its discharge into the Annapolis Basin, some east of Digby. The river is tidal for the last of its length. The village of Bear River (which today calls itself ""The Tidal Village"") is situated near the head of the tide where shipbuilding took place in the nineteenth century. The river lies within an area long-occupied by native Mi'kmaq people, embodied today by members of the Bear River First Nation who still reside"
"in 1921, at or nearly eighty years of age. Little Bear (Native American leader) Little Bear (""born ""Ayimâsis"" or Macquettoquet"") was a Cree leader who lived in the Alberta, Idaho, Montana, and Saskatchewan regions of Canada and the United States, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is known for his participation in the 1885 North-West Rebellion, which was fought in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Son of tribal leader Big Bear, his exact date of birth is unknown, but some assume it to be in the mid-1800s. One account has him being 43 years old in 1897, while another said"
"Bear River, Nova Scotia Bear River is a small village situated at the head of the tidewaters of the Bear River. The river itself is the border between the Annapolis and Digby counties of Nova Scotia and thus, splits the village so that half the village is in Annapolis County and the other half in Digby County. The village is adjacent to the Bear River First Nation which administers the Bear River 6, 6A and 6B reserves. Originally inhabited by the Mi'kmaq, the area was called ""Eelsetkook"", meaning ""flowing along by high rocks."" It was previously called ""St. Anthony"". It"
"Rupert Bear, Follow the Magic... Rupert Bear: Follow the Magic... is a children's television series based on the Mary Tourtel character, Rupert Bear. Aimed at pre-school children, the show is part stop motion, part computer-generated imagery. Rupert Bear still wears his trademark bright yellow plaid trousers and matching scarf, with a red jumper. Rupert has brown fur once again, just as he was originally drawn in 1920: when he appeared as a cartoon character in the Daily Express, they economised on ink by printing him white. It was broadcast on Five from 8 November to 20 November 2006, as part"
"is technically a misnomer, as the islands no longer exist, and the entire area referred to as Bear Island is on the shore of the dam's 96 kilometer headpond. Many of the area's homes were razed in order to make way for the headpond. The first permanent settlement in Bear Island was by Revolutionary War Loyalist veterans who received minimum land grants by King George III on February 2, 1787, with many soldiers arriving that spring. Twelve veterans from the ""Guides and Pioneers, Queensbury"" and twenty-one from the ""Corps of Queen's Rangers"" regiments were granted land. Eventually immigrants from Portugal,"
"Bear decides to head off for a walk on the hills. With his Mother's blessing he sets off for a jolly trip, encountering his friends Edward Elephant and Bill Badger along the way, who are too busy to join him. As Rupert reaches a hill he props himself up against the trunk of an oak tree and enjoys the glory of the countryside. Suddenly he finds himself enveloped by a rainbow cloud of butterflies previously masquerading as leaves on the oak tree, and all of them swarm away from the leafless tree towards a rocky outcrop; Rupert cannot resist following"
"and around 1911 Little Bear contacted Canadian leaders to request land for some of the Cree of Montana. At least five First Nations were set aside for the Chippewa of Montana. They are the Onion Lake, Samson, Ermineskin, Louis Bull, and Montana First Nations. In 1910 Little Bear and his tribe joined the Rocky Boy Reservation. In 1909, the United States set aside a new Chippewa reservation within the Blackfeet reservation, in Montana, between Saint Mary Lake, Babb, and the Canada–US border. Chief Rocky Boy was the first to settle there, followed by Little Bear and the people he led."
"was buried with her husband at St Martin's Church, Canterbury; they had no children. In 2003, the Canterbury Heritage Museum, which closed in 2018, opened a special wing dedicated to Rupert Bear. The complete listing may be found at Rupert Little Bear Library. Mary Tourtel Mary Tourtel (born Mary Caldwell on 28 January 187415 March 1948) was an English artist and creator of the comic strip Rupert Bear. Her works have sold 50 million copies internationally. Tourtel was born Mary Caldwell, the youngest child of Samuel Caldwell, a stained-glass artist and stonemason, and his wife Sarah. Mary studied art under"
"sextant, J. B. places their location somewhere in Colorado. With no supplies in the redoubt the companions venture out into the snowy wilderness, making camp some distance away. That night they are briefly joined by a trio of poachers, who inform them they are on land belonging to Baron Alferd Nelson of the ville of Vista. They also ask the companions' assistance in hunting a large mutant bear in the area; the companions agree, but sneak away once the poachers are asleep, not wanting to potentially run afoul of a Baron. Unfortunately the group is set upon the next day"
"Bear Creek, Saskatchewan Bear Creek is a northern settlement in northwest Saskatchewan located on Highway 155. This community of 47 people is midway between the towns of Buffalo Narrows to the south and La Loche to the north and near the junction of Highway 909 that leads to Turnor Lake to the east. The chairman of this northern settlement is Dean Herman. The northern settlement is an unincorporated community in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District. The community is located on Bear Creek which flows south from Linvall Lake and Palmbere Lake to Peter Pond Lake. Another Bear Creek was once"
"Bear Tavern, New Jersey Bear Tavern is an unincorporated community located within Hopewell Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The settlement is named for a historic tavern once located there. During the American Revolutionary War, troops led by George Washington crossed the Delaware River at a location west of the settlement, then ""trekked inland to the Bear Tavern and turned right, heading southeast toward Trenton"". The settlement is today located at the corner of Washington Crossing Pennington Road and Bear Tavern Road. Washington Crossing State Park is located immediately to the northwest. Bear Tavern Elementary School is located"
"held many of The Beaney's exhibits during its refurbishment, including the ""Sir Basil Dixwell"" by Van Dyck bought for £1 million by Canterbury in 2004. The Rupert Bear Museum was opened in 2003 with a £500,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant. The creator of Rupert Bear, Mary Tourtel, grew up and attended art school in Canterbury, and a 1921 first-edition Rupert annual is one of the exhibits. The Rupert Bear Museum involves activities for children on the themes of play, entertainment and education. It includes the Bagpuss and Clangers display with items from the original television shows, such as the Emily"
"their children were on the horizon, Buott had to closely follow the trail of disturbed shale and rock to get back. It is thought by many that this temporary disorientation was due to the influence of the Ijirait. When Enoogoo and Buott finally returned to their children, they discovered a polar bear was circling the camp, sizing their children up for a meal. A local hunter with considerable local knowledge, Mark Amarualik, also of Resolute Bay, was said to have experienced this disorientation in the same place on a hunting trip a year before. The Inuit believe the Ijirait do"
"ship, after which she says she will move into the Home for Retired Bears. The young bear reaches London's Paddington Station, where he meets the Brown family, who take him home temporarily and name him after the station. Henry Brown, the father and a devoted risk analyst, does not believe a word of why he's here and is adamant that Paddington stay only one night while they find a place for him to live permanently, but his wife Mary - a story illustrator - and their two children find him endearing, as does family relative and housekeeper Mrs. Bird. Paddington"
"gathered many of their people and journeyed back to Montana. They slipped through the Babb, Montana region in 1885 and hid out in that region, and then roamed about their original Montana homeland. They frequented the land on and around the Flathead Reservation which the Flathead Indians' agent did not like. Little Bear was considered the leader of the Ojibwas of the Basin, Montana region (southwest Montana). Montana native and non-native peoples did not welcome Little Bear and his group, saying he had not been born in the United States. They called for Little Bear and the Ojibwas he led"
"and subsisted on berries, nuts, tubers, acorns, and plentiful game harvested along the lush valley. The Serrano looked at the native grizzly bears as ancestors and did not eat the meat or wear the fur of these massive animals. Several contemporary communities in the area feature place names reflecting the Big Bear region's rich Native history. These include Yucaipa, Cucamonga, and Muscupiabe. The Big Bear Lake area was first discovered by European explorers when an Indian-hunting party was formed by Benjamin Wilson. Wilson moved to California during the days of Mexican territorial Alta California. He married into the Spanish landholder"
"Mount Bear Mount Bear is a high, glaciated peak in the Saint Elias Mountains of Alaska. It lies within Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park, about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the Yukon border. The Barnard Glacier flows from its southwest slopes, while the Klutlan Glacier lies to the north. Its principal claim to fame is that it is a fourteener, and in fact one of the highest 20 peaks in the United States. Despite its height, Mount Bear is a little-visited peak, being surrounded by higher and better-known peaks such as Mount Bona on the west, and Mount Lucania and"
"Rupert Bear Rupert Bear is a children's comic strip character created by the English artist Mary Tourtel and first appearing in the ""Daily Express"" newspaper on 8 November 1920. Rupert's initial purpose was to win sales from the rival ""Daily Mail"" and ""Daily Mirror"". In 1935, the mantle of Rupert artist and storyteller was taken over by Alfred Bestall, who was previously an illustrator for ""Punch"" and other glossy magazines. Bestall proved to be successful in the field of children's literature and worked on Rupert stories and artwork into his 90s. More recently, various other artists and writers have continued"