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This list covers all the titles in the Little Bear franchise released on video beginning in 1997.
== Television series (1997-present) ==
=== ParamountNickelodeon Home Entertainment ===
These titles were released on behalf of Nickelodeon and were exclusively duplicated, marketed and distributed in the US. PreWhile mass-2008market releases carrywere themarketed Nickby Jr.Paramount brandingHome Entertainment, whilemany postsought-2008after releases solelywere carrymarketed thefor mail-order distribution by Reader's Digest Young Families, itself a sub-division of Reader's Digest NickelodeonHome brandingEntertainment.
==== May 1997 ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
|-
| 836703 || ''Little Bear: Meet Little Bear'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 132, 1998 || VHS ||
* Reuses the May 1997 cover and master.
|-
| 837783 || ''Little Bear: Family Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 132, 1998 || VHS ||
* Reuses the May 1997 cover and master.
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
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| 837483 || ''Little Bear: Winter Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || September 8, 1998 || VHS ||
* Reuses the October 1997 cover and master.
|-
| 838893 || ''Little Bear: Goodnight Little Bear'' || USA || 1998 || 32 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || September 8, 1998 || VHS ||
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| 835763 || ''Little Bear: Friends'' || USA || 1999 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 12, 1999 || VHS ||
|-
| 836703 || ''Little Bear: Meet Little Bear'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 12, 1999 || VHS ||
* Reuses the April 1998 cover and May 1997 master.
|-
| 837783 || ''Little Bear: Family Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 12, 1999 || VHS ||
* Reuses the April 1998 cover and May 1997 master.
|-
|}
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| 839323 || ''Little Bear: Little Goblin Bear'' || USA || 1999 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 24, 1999 || VHS ||
|}
 
==== November 1999 ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
|-
| 837483 || ''Little Bear: Winter Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || November 2, 1999 || VHS ||
* Reuses the October 1997 cover and master.
|}
 
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
|-
| 835763 || ''Little Bear: Friends'' || USA || 1999 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 4, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the January 1999 master.
|-
| 836703 || ''Little Bear: Meet Little Bear'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 4, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the May 1997 master.
|-
| 837783 || ''Little Bear: Family Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 4, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the May 1997 master.
|-
| 838753 || ''Little Bear: Parties & Picnics'' || USA || 1998 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 4, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the April 1998 master.
|-
| 838893 || ''Little Bear: Goodnight Little Bear'' || USA || 1998 || 32 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 4, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the September 1998 master.
|-
| 839543 || ''A Kiss for Little Bear'' || USA || 2000 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 11, 2000 || VHS ||
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==== May 2000 ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
|-
| 835763 || ''Little Bear: Friends'' || USA || 1999 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || May 16, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the January 1999 master.
|-
| 835843 || ''Little Bear: Summertime Tales'' || USA || 1999 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || May 16, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the June 1999 master.
|-
| 836703 || ''Little Bear: Meet Little Bear'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || May 16, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the May 1997 master.
|-
| 837783 || ''Little Bear: Family Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || May 16, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the May 1997 master.
|-
| 838753 || ''Little Bear: Parties & Picnics'' || USA || 1998 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || May 16, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the April 1998 master.
|-
| 838893 || ''Little Bear: Goodnight Little Bear'' || USA || 1998 || 32 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || May 16, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the September 1998 master.
|-
| 839543 || ''A Kiss for Little Bear'' || USA || 2000 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || May 16, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the January 2000 master.
|-
| 839553 || ''Little Bear's Band'' || USA || 2000 || 32 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || May 16, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the March 2000 master.
|}
==== June 2000 ====
 
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| 839683 || ''Little Bear: Rainy Day Tales'' || USA || 2000 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || June 6, 2000 || VHS ||
* This release was one of the first Nickelodeon home video releases overall to use a curvywavy orange barbacon on the far top corner of the front and spines of the cover.
|}
* The notation "Duplicated in EP/SLP", which would usually be printed above the "Licensed for Sale" notation and the Paramount Pictures copyright notice on the back of the cover, is absent on this release, likely because some copies were duplicated in SP mode.
 
==== August 2000 ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
|-
| 837483 || ''Little Bear: Winter Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 29, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the October 1997 cover and master.
|}
 
==== January 2001 ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
|-
| 835763 || ''Little Bear: Friends'' || USA || 1999 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the January 1999 master.
|-
| 836703 || ''Little Bear: Meet Little Bear'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the May 1997 master.
|-
| 837783 || ''Little Bear: Family Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the May 1997 master.
|-
| 838753 || ''Little Bear: Parties & Picnics'' || USA || 1998 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the April 1998 master.
|-
| 838893 || ''Little Bear: Goodnight Little Bear'' || USA || 1998 || 32 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the September 1998 master.
|-
| 839543 || ''A Kiss for Little Bear'' || USA || 2000 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the January 2000 master.
|-
| 839553 || ''Little Bear's Band'' || USA || 2000 || 32 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the March 2000 master.
|-
| 839683 || ''Little Bear: Rainy Day Tales'' || USA || 2000 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the June 2000 master.
|}
 
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| 839903 || ''Little Bear: Little Sherlock Bear'' || USA || 2001 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || February 6, 2001 || VHS ||
* Some rare copies may have been duplicated in EP/SLP mode; most copies were duplicated in SP mode.
* This was the final new release from Paramount Home Entertainment, let alone the final new Nickelodeon home video release, with the notation "Duplicated in EP/SLP" printed above Paramount Pictures' address, the "Licensed for Sale" notation and the Paramount Pictures copyright notice on the back of the cover.
* Some copies were duplicated in SP mode.
|}
 
==== August 2001 ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
|-
| 837483 || ''Little Bear: Winter Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 28, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the October 1997 cover and master.
|}
 
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| 875433 || ''Little Bear: Feel Better, Little Bear'' || USA || 2003 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || October 7, 2003 || VHS ||
|}
 
=== Reader's Digest (2002-2005) ===
These titles were released under the company's Young Families label and were exclusively distributed in the US through mail-order. Just like the US mass-market titles from Paramount Home Entertainment, these titles were released on behalf of Nickelodeon.
 
=== Alliance Atlantis (1997-2009) ===
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
|-
| 061513 || ''The Little Bear Movie'' || USA || 2001 || 75 min || TBD || G || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 7, 2001<br>August 14, 2001 || VHS ||
* Released by Paramount Home Entertainment. In addition to the US, this release was also available in Canada.
* The only mass-market video release of the franchise without the Nickelodeon or Nick Jr. branding; however, some copies of this release use orange cassette shellscassettes.
|}
 
== Trivia ==
* The television series wasand cothe direct-to-video film were produced by Nelvana, itself a Canadian animation studio, and Nick Jr. Productions, in association with Wild Things Productions, which holds the copyrights and trademark rights to the franchise's name, characters and original story. Thus, Nickelodeon holds exclusive US distribution rights to the series, while Nelvana holds the copyrights and worldwide distribution rights to the series.
** In addition, the television series was co-produced with Nickelodeon's preschool television production arm, Nick Jr. Productions. Thus, Nickelodeon holds exclusive US distribution rights to the series, while Nelvana holds the copyrights and worldwide distribution rights to the series.
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