The Imaginative Adventure series
Ever wondered what happens within those eyes of our beloved teddies? Welcome to Bearventures, the adventure series that takes a journey into a world of our bears imagination called The Bearlagos – a place where a special group of ‘teds’ cohabit peacefully together, but recently all is not as it seems as they are about to unravel more than they ‘beargained for’ and must face many hurdles, lessons, and challenges awaiting them on their ‘eye-wakening’ adventure.
Join them, and fuel your own imagination and adventure here at the bears’ favourite academy, The Bearcademy, where you can get the latest Bearventures episodes, find activity zones, bear backstories, and merchandise, and even get started creating your own imaginative stories with the FREE Bear World Creation Pack.
Ever wondered what happens within the eyes of our beloved teds? Enter the world of bears imagination, in the Bearlagos, where fellow bears cohabit peacefully together, but all is not as it seems!
Welcome to Bearventures, a ‘short-read’ adventure book series where you can follow Eski, Oinky and co as they are about embark on an imaginative journey where they unravel more than they ‘beargained’ for’, and face many hurdles, lessons, and challenges awaiting them on their ‘eye-wakening’ adventure.
The Imaginative 'Bear Adventure' Short-Read Series
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Welcome to the Bearcademy
The Bearcademy is where it all started for Eski, Oinky and co, and for the readers of the Bearventures adventure book series the Bearcademy is where your imaginative journey starts too.
Read Bearventures Adventure Book Series
Interact Within 'Activity Zones'
Look out for ‘activity zone’ marks within the Bearventures episodes and special episode interactions, and also give some a go on The Bearcademy too. Each bear has distinct skills and personality traits, and activity zones are based on their unique traits, such as these: create you own bear world adventure story.
Fuel your own imagination adventure here at the bears’ favourite academy, The Bearcademy, where you can develop your own fiction story writing and creativity skills with the FREE Bear World Creation Pack, and soon, our next Creative Story Writing Course.
Welcome to the Bearcademy
Read The Bearventures Adventure Series
Get Creative With Fiction Story Writing
Activity Zones
PLEASE ALLOW THE BEARLAGOS MAP A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO LOAD BELOW. Simply hover over a place on the map to get brief info about it, then click on the place to take you to that place’s backstory. For more information about The Bearlago’s select here or scroll down past the map.
About The Bearlagos
The Bearlagos is the home within the eyes of our bear characters.
It’s where Eski, Oinky and co learn about (and challenge) life just like humans, but there’s a lot more to be discovered about this place as the bears head off on an adventure they will never forget.
Within the Bearlago Islands, there are many different places that the bears go, with a mix of places needed for everyday living, ones which put them into challenging real-life situations, and some special places and islands, each with its own character, theme, and style, that can fuel the bear’s imagination by bringing interactive learning to life.
On their adventures, the bears have to visit many places to learn skills and pick up clues around The Bearlagos to know where and how to find their missing friend, Meeso.
BEARLAGOS BACKSTORY
Bearington is the heart of The Bearlagos with its bear paw shape and is the main inhabited area with Bearington Town, which is also home to our Bearventurers (at the Bearcademy), but there’s many other islands around The Bearlagos. In the past, Freezso, Bair (Mave Reef), and Bubbalo were the main inhabited islands, but not anymore, and for different reasons as you’ll find out.
Former inhabitants of Bair and Bubbalo moved all over the place, mainly to Bearington, but also to Forestine Caves and Magnetic Island (which was little known or inhabited before Bubbalo refugees found it – it was just a baron land to send Beariminals). A few unfortunate ones ended up on Darkwood as they were drawn in by Dr Grizz. Quite a few old Bair residents moved to a part of Jungleton (now called Jungle Bair), as it felt the most similar, natural bear habitat (perfect for those old bears where Bearington felt too modern).
Only polar bears live on Freezso (& The Icesos) as it is generally too cold for most bears despite its vast land. Eyeland doesn’t have habitants as it’s a security island, only open to bears for the ‘eye of truth’, which helps pay for the security of the Bearlago’s. Slowth is mainly a holiday island to go-slow and relax with a few permanent residents who like the slow lifestyle, whilst Bearillo is more of an adventure park for fun. Dreamback isn’t like any other island. It has no fixed shape as it changes as the tide keeps coming in and out, and as clouds appear shifting the landscape. Fort may not be an island itself, but it’s a security ship that keeps Bearington residents safe from the exiled Darkwood, and finally Unknownland still has a lot of mystery and can only be found at certain times of the year when the tide is just right.
In each area citizens are called by different names:
Bearingtons (citizens of Bearington are called this), Bubbalos (former citizens of Bubbalo), Dreamies (the workers of Dreamback), Slowths (citizens of Slowth), Freezers (citizens of Freezso), Bairs (citizens of Bair).
BEARLAGO UNIQUE FEATURES
Mallows & Beartritions
The Bearlagos are very fruitful in minerals and food that can be found in different areas on the land, caves, and sea, with each bear having different favourites, such as Doomy loving dark chocolate caves, Eski loving Mount Kkool Huneyfall, and Oinky loving Popcorn beach.
You can also find Mallows dotted around, which are like marshmallow plants and trees that spring up, some of which store dreams, others which don’t.
Emochines
Around Bearington, Freezso and other islands you will find Emochine’s, the first known invention by Pensa made many years before at the Iceso’s which is a washing machine shower and spa for changing bear emotions. Dirty bears shower in the Emochine to feel refreshed and clean like a normal shower, but the Emochine also changes the bear’s emotions from tired or angry to happy and energetic. It’s like a meditation shower with good fumes that are released, like incense mixed with water and steam.
Bears go to the Emochine to be washed and free their imagination if it’s getting cloudy, just like you might have ideas come to you when relaxing your mind in a shower. The Emochine was invented by Pensa to combat against ‘danger-breath’, which is when a bear has such bad breath they can cause damage (like freeze another bear or wipe their memory).
Rumour has it Dr. Grizz was experimenting with some of his bear henchmen with danger-breath to stun normal bears for a short while so they can be kidnapped easily. The Emochine is able to wash out the stench and wake bears up from a ‘danger-breath trance’ as it rids of bad clouds, but the side-effect means you also forget the last few things you did as the machine shakes them up. It’s like a restore point.
Memory Dumps & Boosters
The Bearlagos has a few ‘memory dumps’ dotted around, which bears have to be careful about going into, but which are also hard to see (although the smell can be a giveaway). When in a memory dump you forget things you learned before, a bit like the Emochine (which changes your emotions when you are in the washing machine, but that is to adjust moods). These memory dumps might be bad for your memory (and smell), but they also have very fertile soil underneath which can nurture some nourishing organic Bearlago food like popcorns.
To combat a memory dump bears must either head back to the Bearcademy to learn again or find a ‘memory booster’, which does the opposite, as they help the bears remember something they forgot. Memory boosters look like little jelly beans, but Dr. Grizz tried to send out his henchmen to find them so other bears can’t use them. They are not easy to find though, yet these memory boosters might come in handy in different parts of the bears’ journey. Where do you think you can find them?
The Bearventures Backstory
Bearventures came about, like most stories do, in a non-linear way – via a playful discussion from its two writers, who shared a small bear mascot. Meeso, as she was called, looked like a marshmallow, with only 3 black dots distinguishing her from one. She was so small she could easily get lost, and one day, she did.
“If only we could see through Meeso’s eyes so we could see where she is”, we thought, and this imaginative idea then took on a life and adventure of its own, leading to the creation of Bearventures!
The Bearventures Story's Development
Whilst the story itself was still a blank canvas at first, what followed was an exploration of imagination that started from 3 simple black dots to represent a missing Meeso, and this one simple visual sparked a whole journey and story of what it could be like to be able to see through bear’s eyes (and sense through their nose) in their own bear world.
Senses became a central theme, and as one idea fed to the next, characters evolved, places emerged, as did interesting ideas and backstories behind each place, and even groovy basslines – all adding more depth (and that extra content can be found here at The Bearcademy).
Eventually, a storyline developed. The premise – a core group of bear characters head out on a detective mission in The Bearlagos, led from their own learning headquarters, The Bearcademy, to find their friend Meeso. Whilst the story starts with season one within the bear world of The Bearlagos, the story is still developing further, so watch this space!
The Aim Of The Story In Helping Readers
The focus of the story became on making a journey that could also be imaginative and interactive for the readers to find a connection with.
Each episode is crafted in short-story, bite-size parts, with simple maps and minimal graphics, so it has room to diverge and grow as episodes evolve, but also to allow readers to feed their own imagination into ‘what happens next?!’ in between each episode, with this fill-in-the-blanks idea helping to spark their own idea of what The Bearlagos world could look and feel like if they were in the eyes of the bear characters themselves (possibly even sparking their own bear worlds!).
Another aim was to illustrate how anyone can use writing to escape life by putting pen to paper and just let thoughts flow. Regardless of your writing ability and age, the creative and therapeutic output, can help make your day better, more interesting, and keep your mind sharp, which is where the next upcoming adventure fiction writing course can also help (which opens periodically).
Whilst the story itself was still a blank canvas at first, what followed was an exploration of imagination that started from 3 simple black dots to represent a missing Meeso, and this one simple visual sparked a whole journey and story of what it could be like to be able to see through bear’s eyes (and sense through their nose) in their own bear world.
Senses became a central theme, and as one idea fed to the next, characters evolved, places emerged, as did interesting ideas and backstories behind each place, and even groovy basslines – all adding more depth (and that extra content can be found here at The Bearcademy).
Eventually, a storyline developed. The premise – a core group of bear characters head out on a detective mission in The Bearlagos, led from their own learning headquarters, The Bearcademy, to find their friend Meeso. Whilst the story starts with season one within the bear world of The Bearlagos, the story is still developing further, so watch this space!
The focus of the story became on making a journey that could also be imaginative and interactive for the readers to find a connection with.
Each episode is crafted in short-story, bite-size parts, with simple maps and minimal graphics, so it has room to diverge and grow as episodes evolve, but also to allow readers to feed their own imagination into ‘what happens next?!’ in between each episode, with this fill-in-the-blanks idea helping to spark their own idea of what The Bearlagos world could look and feel like if they were in the eyes of the bear characters themselves (possibly even sparking their own bear worlds!).
Another aim was to illustrate how anyone can use writing to escape life by putting pen to paper and just let thoughts flow. Regardless of your writing ability and age, the creative and therapeutic output, can help make your day better, more interesting, and keep your mind sharp, which is where the next upcoming adventure fiction writing course can also help (which opens periodically).