Editor Heather Shayne Blakeslee with a missive from Three Bears Park // Diana Lu on The Bear, and the best dogs // We recommend Everland for upcycled kids stuff, and children’s books by Elizabeth Bergeland and Ben Brashares // In “Our Ursaide, Ourselves” we look at the great bear extinction in Eight Bears as well as the ’70s feminist erotic novel Bear // Sarah Vedder asks what’s “just right” ethically when it comes to expressing a mixed ethnic heritage // Poetry Editor Joshua Mehighan gives us a Keats treat featuring a naughty little boy // Christopher Clark Spencer and Editor Heather Shayne Blakeslee team up for a comics-take on Goldilocks and the Three Bears // Ideas Editor Walter Foley on the way of water, Leonardo Da Vinci, and ‘Goldilocks’ zones // Marissa Biondi asks what path we must take to teach AI in public schools // Creative Director and designer Launa Changnon interviews Robert Sparrow Jones on about his childhood and his tree-top landscapes // Darla Jackson is back on our cover and we look at her weapons for children's folk-heroines old and new //
