Zoo – Paul Noël

Where’s Basil? The London Peace Pagoda – Brown Bear’s Big Day Out

Basil, the bear from the story, Brown Bear’s Big Day Out, is seen here visiting the London Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park.

Brown Bear’s Big Day Out is a story about a bear in a zoo that puts on a disguise so that he can escape and visit a funfair called Dizzyland. It’s about looking at people in depth and not being afraid because they look different from you. So Basil looks like a man when disguised but is still the same friendly and hero bear in this case once his disguise slips.

The story contains illustrations throughout the text. These are then repeated at the back of the printed book so that younger children can colour them in. One of them can be seen below.

The book is available globally from Amazon in both printed and ebook formats. This is the .co.uk link, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brown-Bears-Big-Day-Adventures/dp/1980868859/, and this is for .com, https://www.amazon.com/Brown-Bears-Big-Day-Out-ebook/dp/B086DSF5N7/.

Our Etsy shop has for sale blank greeting, birthday, invitation cards of the cover artwork character, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JunagarhMedia. Larger numbers of the cards are available.

Four Brown Bear’s Big Day Out blank greeting cards

We also have organic cotton T-shirts of Basil for children from our Teemill website, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-the-bear-v2b-c/, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-visits-versailles-plain/ and https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-in-the-rain-plain/.

Basil in the rain plain kid’s organic cotton T-shirt

Basil visits Versailles plain organic cotton T-shirt

Our links

See more of Gerry Newton’s wonderful art, https://www.geraldnewtonart.com/.

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

Where’s Basil? Milton Keynes Railway Station – Brown Bear’s Big Day Out

The story contains illustrations throughout the text. These are then repeated at the back of the printed book so that younger children can colour them in. One of them can be seen below.

Our Etsy shop has blank greeting, birthday, invitation cards of the book’s cover artwork, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JunagarhMedia. Larger numbers of cards are available.

We have printed this illustration and one of the photographs onto organic cotton T-shirts for children that are available from our Teemill website, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-the-bear-v2b-c/, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-visits-versailles-plain/ and https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-in-the-rain-plain/.

Our links

See more of Gerry Newton’s wonderful art, https://www.geraldnewtonart.com/.

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

Where’s Basil? Promenade Derrière-Bourg, Lausanne – Brown Bear’s Big Day Out

The story contains illustrations throughout the text. These are then repeated at the back of the printed book so that younger children can colour them in. One of them can be seen below.

Our Etsy shop has blank greeting, birthday, invitation cards for sale, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JunagarhMedia. Larger number of cards are available.

Our links

See more of Gerry Newton’s wonderful art, https://www.geraldnewtonart.com/.

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

Basil climbs to rescue the young girl carried away at the funfair – Brown Bear’s Big Day Out

Another illustration from my story Brown Bear’s Big Day Out where Basil, a brown bear, dons a disguise to escape from his zoo so that he can go to a funfair called Dizzyland. While there he has to rescue a young girl who gets carried away while holding a large balloon.

The story is available from Amazon sites around the world. This is the UK site, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brown-Bears-Big-Day-Adventures/dp/1980868859/, and this is the .com, https://www.amazon.com/Brown-Bears-Big-Day-Out-ebook/dp/B086DSF5N7/.

We now have available from out Etsy shop, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JunagarhMedia, blank greeting cards of the cover artwork suitable for birthdays, invitations, parties and the like.

We have printed this illustration on organic cotton T-shirts for children that are available from our Teemill website, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-the-bear-v2b-c/, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-in-the-rain-plain/ and https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-visits-versailles-plain/.

Our links

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

See more of Gerry Newton’s wonderful art, https://www.geraldnewtonart.com/.

Our Etsy shop, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JunagarhMedia.

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

Where’s Basil? – Taking a break, Buckinghamshire Railway Centre – Brown Bear’s Big Day Out

The story contains illustrations throughout the text. These are then repeated at the back of the printed book so that younger children can colour them in. One of them can be seen below.

Basil’s seen here taking a break after an exhausting walk around this wonderful railway heritage centre. If you like trains and industrial history then Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a great day out for all the family and is definitely worth a visit this year to see what’s going on as soon as we are able to do so. I suspect that they are also interested in finding people to help out with this amazing museum and the work that they do.

Our Etsy shop has blank greeting, birthday, invitation cards of the book’s cover artwork, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JunagarhMedia. Larger quantities of cards available.

Our links

See more of Gerry Newton’s wonderful art, https://www.geraldnewtonart.com/.

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

Where’s Basil? Basil visits the Musée des beaux-arts de Liège, Belgium – Brown Bear’s Big Day Out

The story contains illustrations throughout the text. These are then repeated at the back of the printed book so that younger children can colour them in. One of them can be seen below.

Our Etsy shop has for sale blank greeting, birthday, invitation cards of the cover artwork character, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JunagarhMedia. Larger numbers of the cards are available.

Our links

See more of Gerry Newton’s wonderful art, https://www.geraldnewtonart.com/.

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

Where’s Basil? Basil visits Notre Dame – Brown Bear’s Big Day Out

The story contains illustrations throughout the text. These are then repeated at the back of the printed book so that younger children can colour them in. One of them can be seen below.

Our Etsy shop has blank greeting, birthday, invitation cards of the cover artwork character, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JunagarhMedia. Larger numbers of cards are available.

We have printed this illustration and one of his photographs onto organic cotton T-shirts for children that are available from our Teemill website, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-the-bear-v2b-c/, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-visits-versailles-plain/, and https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-in-the-rain-plain/.

Our links

See more of Gerry Newton’s wonderful art, https://www.geraldnewtonart.com/.

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

Where’s Basil? – At home promoting his greeting card – Brown Bear’s Big Day Out

The story contains illustrations throughout the text. These are then repeated at the back of the printed book so that younger children can colour them in. One of them can be seen below.

It was a rainy bank holiday Monday and there wasn’t much to do so Basil decided to get a photo of himself with one of his greeting cards. 26th May 2014.

Basil is full of joy having escaped from the zoo

Our Etsy shop has blank greeting, birthday, invitation cards of the book’s cover artwork, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JunagarhMedia. Larger quantities of cards available.

Our links

See more of Gerry Newton’s wonderful art, https://www.geraldnewtonart.com/.

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

A young girl is carried away

Extract from my book, Brown Bear’s Big Day Out

The story Brown Bear’s Big Day Out is about a bear that lives in a zoo who wants to go to the funfair and to do this he has to escape and therefore has to disguise himself as a person to do so. In the story he becomes a hero until his mask falls off and then everyone is afraid of him. I try in the story to show that we have to look at people more in depth and that what they look like is secondary to what the real person is behind the mask of first impressions. We have become a society obsessed with looks and yet real characteristics are anything but represented by this. In a world where we appear to be increasingly afraid of those we don’t know, we, especially younger people need to be able to socialise and be communicative with each other. In this extract a young girl is carried away by the wind because she is holding a large balloon.

The book contains illustrations that are repeated at the back of the printed book so that younger children can colour them in.

The story is available from Amazon as an ebook or a printed book. This is the .co.uk link, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brown-Bears-Big-Day-Adventures/dp/1980868859/, and this is .com, https://www.amazon.com/Brown-Bears-Big-Day-Out-ebook/dp/B086DSF5N7/.

Blank cards of the coloured bear image and a pdf of the story are available from out website, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/ .

So here’s the extract.

Basil stepped off and this time he was a very, very wobbly bear, so much so he just had to sit down.

He sat and watched as the next group of people got on the big dipper. It was getting windy. Suddenly a gust of wind blew across the funfair and Basil turned when he heard a small scream. A very small girl with a very large balloon had been picked up and was being carried away by the wind.

“Help, help me,” the little girl cried as she and the balloon were carried higher and higher.

The people looked on not knowing what to do. The wind blew hard and the little girl and the balloon became stuck, high up underneath the big dipper.

“Help, help!” shouted the little girl.

Everyone stood still not moving, just staring with worried faces, all except Basil.

Our Etsy shop has blank greeting, birthday, invitation cards of the book’s cover artwork, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JunagarhMedia. Larger quantities of cards available.

We have printed this cover illustration on organic cotton T-shirts for children available from our Teemill website, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-the-bear-v2b-c/, and https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-in-the-rain-plain/ and https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-visits-versailles-plain/.

Our links

See more of Gerry Newton’s wonderful art, https://www.geraldnewtonart.com/.

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

Our Etsy shop, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JunagarhMedia.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

Where’s Basil? – relaxing in the Hôtel de Nesle, Paris – Brown Bear’s Big Day Out

Basil’s relaxing in the wonderful and a little quirky Hôtel de Nesle in Paris. This is his favourite hotel in Paris as it is bear friendly. Each of its rooms is decorated differently and you won’t find many places like it. 3rd April 2014

The story contains illustrations throughout the text. These are then repeated at the back of the printed book so that younger children can colour them in. One of them can be seen below.

Our Etsy shop has blank greeting, birthday, invitation cards of the book’s cover artwork, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JunagarhMedia. Larger quantities of cards available.

We have printed some organic cotton T-shirts for children with images of Basil on them available from our Teemill website, https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-the-bear-v2b-c/, and https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-visits-versailles-plain/, and https://junagarh-media.teemill.com/product/basil-in-the-rain-plain/.