{"id":138,"date":"2018-06-27T13:17:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T13:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/?p=138"},"modified":"2018-07-30T19:15:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T19:15:45","slug":"the-saddest-bear-of-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/2018\/06\/27\/the-saddest-bear-of-all\/","title":{"rendered":"The Saddest Bear Of All"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/saddestcoverboth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/saddestcoverboth.jpg 500w, https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/saddestcoverboth-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><em>(if you can&#8217;t read the text below please click on it to see an enlarged version of the whole thing)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bearall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bearall-700x1711.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"1711\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bearall-700x1711.jpg 700w, https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bearall-123x300.jpg 123w, https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bearall-768x1877.jpg 768w, https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bearall.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/saddestflat009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/saddestflat009.jpg 500w, https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/saddestflat009-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/the-saddest-bear-of-all\/id908085019?mt=11&#038;at=1010lNrt\">The Saddest Bear Of All<\/a> <em>is available as an ebook on <a href=\"https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/the-saddest-bear-of-all\/id908085019?mt=11&#038;at=1010lNrt\">iTunes<\/a> (\u00a31.99\/$2.99\/equivalent price point other currencies)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>__________<\/p>\n<p>Notes: <\/p>\n<p>1. <em>Written (by me) in early 2008 and illustrated (by Minkee) in late 2008<\/em><br \/>\n2. <em>I wrote this for my niece, who was about 1 and a half at the time<\/em><br \/>\n3. <em>This was the first children&#8217;s book I ever wrote<\/em><br \/>\n4. <em>And also almost certainly the most popular (along with the one about <a href=\"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/2018\/07\/02\/spiders-are-wonderful\/\">spiders&#8230;<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n__________<\/br><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davidguy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support An Accumulation Of Things<\/a><\/h3><i>If you like the things you've read here please consider subscribing to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davidguy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">patreon<\/a> or my <a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/davidnguy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ko-fi<\/a>. <\/br><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davidguy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon subscribers<\/a> get not just early access to content and also the occasional gift, but also my eternal gratitude. Which I'm not sure is very useful, but is certainly very real.<\/br><\/br>(<a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/davidnguy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ko-fi contributors<\/a> probably only get the gratitude I'm afraid, but please get in touch if you want more). <\/br><\/br>Thank you!<\/i><\/br><\/br>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(if you can&#8217;t read the text below please click on it to see an enlarged version of the whole thing) The Saddest Bear Of All is available as an ebook on iTunes (\u00a31.99\/$2.99\/equivalent price point other currencies) __________ Notes: 1. Written (by me) in early 2008 and illustrated (by Minkee) in late 2008 2. 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