You know, if I ever go for that children’s literature PhD I’ve been hankering after, there are just so many different kinds of thesis topics to consider. Here’s one that I hope to high heaven someone has tried before: Bears and war in books for kids. Think about it. First you have your living bears like Voytek or Winnie. Then you have your stuffed bears, like Otto by Tomi Ungerer. Add in the armored bears of His Dark Materials and you’ve got yourself an overarching theme, my friend. Yet for ...