Web Site for Charlie Bear - America's Official Adventure Bear Home / My Story / Fun Stuff / Giving Program / Charlie's Blog / Contact Charlie "We have a choice to explore our own neighborhoods or far away shores or mountains with our hearts wide open or rush through life with our hearts shut tight." Your Friend, Charlie "I'm still always amazed when the child in us frees up others to laugh, hope and share. How does Charlie Bear do that?" Judy Deckert Bellview, Iowa Share Charlie Bear's Travel Adventures at: Teddy Roosevelt Memorial Lake Itasca Mississippi River Tom Sawyer's Fence St. Louis Arch Wyatt Earp's Home Town John Wayne's Birthplace Mitchell Corn Palace Wall Drug Bear Country USA Mount Rushmore Crazy Horse Mountain Original Road Kill Cafe Grand Tetons Yellowstone National Park Grand Canyon Reno & Lake Tahoe San Francisco Oakville Grocery Napa Valley and Charlie's Birthplace and much more! Grrreat Adventure Club coming soon! TRUE TALES of Discovery, Adventure & Learning for Young & Old Hi, I'm your friend, Charlie. I explore many places in the United States of America and share laughter and joy with the grrreat humans I meet along the way. I write about my experiences in fun interactive Journal Books. I hope the stories lift your spirits and make you laugh from deep within. Charlie Bear's Journal Books are filled with humor and love and tell of my true adventures in the USA. My books have really cool photographs created by my travel pal Lynn. She is an internationally-recognized special events photographer. A BORN IN AMERICA BEAR I am a Born-in-America Adventure Bear. My plush brown fur is from Wisconsin, my lovable insides from North Carolina and my five feet of tall pine "bones" are from the Midwest. My birthplace is the Hen House in Norwalk, Ohio; even though I'm a bear, not a chicken. I'm physically challenged; I can't bend at the waist (or the knees). But I don't let that stop me! I was born to have grrreat adventures! My mission in life is to help you: Explore the USA with your heart wide open Discover what's grrreat in the world around us Become a "CUB REPORTER" and share your adventures with family and friends Be kind and gentle to others along the way Learn how to laugh from deep within It's that simple! EXPLORE WITH YOUR HEART WIDE OPEN My true and fun stories set an example for you to explore with your hearts wide open, rather than your eyes shut tight; to share joy and laughter with family and friends and help make the world a kinder and gentler place - for even just a moment in time. JOIN CHARLIE'S CLUB Join Charlie Bear's Grrreat AdventureTM Club and become a CUB REPORTER! Share you own Grrreat Adventure online. Read Charlie Bear's Newsletter with other Cub Reporters' adventure stories, too! Whether it is a trip across the country or a trip in the neighborhood, my grrreat memories last a lifetime and yours can too! Your Friend, Charlie Bear CHARLIE BEAR'S GRRREAT ADVENTURE® Phone: 703-435-3456 / FAX: 703-435-3470 e-mail: charlie@charliebear.com / www.charliebear.com Web Design by Joan Holman Productions / www.holman.com PLEASE REMEMBER. . . I'm Charlie, a kind and gentle bear who was raised with humans. ALL BEARS ARE NOT LIKE ME. Bears who are raised in the woods look at humans a little differently than I do. If you see a real live bear who bends at the waist or can run really well - and happens to be in the same area you are; be sure to keep your distance. Many bears don't understand that humans are really okay and just want to be their friends. And, most likely, I won't be there to talk Bear language and help you out. Bears can get scared and protective of their own spaces. I've seen it happen with humans, too. Someday, they may understand you. Don't push it; just give them their space and don't get in their way. On the other hand, I am kind and gentle and I am not afraid to look for grreat things throughout my travels in the USA. I hope we'll meet some day and I can be your friend. CHARLIE BEAR'S GRRREAT ADVENTURE ® is a Registered Trademark and a creation of FOCUSED IMAGES Photography, Inc.'s founder, Lynn Bogert Dykstra. Copyright 2006 FOCUSED IMAGES Photography, Inc. All rights Reserved. No part of this web site - text or photographs - may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical for any reason, without written permission from FOCUSED IMAGES Photography, Inc. (other than printing pages, in their original form, for the sole purpose of sharing Charlie's story with your family and friends.) For permission to copy for other reasons, please contact us at charlie@charliebear.com. Charlie is a kind and gentle bear who works hard to meet your requests; but bear in mind, he has friends in high places watching out for him. Illegal reproduction of his work will result in you hearing from those friends. Thanks, in advance, for your grrreat honesty.