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"This is my granny."
Emily[1]
Granny

Granny is an elderly human female with a pleasant demeanor and is Emily's grandmother.[1] She loves knitting, telling stories,[2] and making cookies.[3] She is very cheerful and can be something of a rascal.[4]

Granny calls things that are silly "applesauce."[5] Granny takes afternoon naps.[6] There's a tradition in Granny's family that every time you have a birthday, you get a kiss for each year, as well as one to grow on (for example, eight kisses when you turn seven-years-old).[7]

Biography[]

Traveling around the world[]

Before settling down in bear country, Granny was a world traveler and traveled to all the places in the world.[1]

During her travels, while Granny was a guest of the Tsar, a terrible blizzard came out of nowhere and they were trapped for days in the royal palace. While there, Granny learned how to dance. She also acquired two elaborate red and dark purple bathrobes with yellow and green trim.[8]

Once in her travels, Granny was in Egypt and bought a rug from a funny little old man with a gleam in his eye. He said to her "When this rug was young, it could actually fly." In addition to her flying rug, Granny acquired a flying carpet at some point in her travels.[9][1]

Life in bear country[]

After going to all the places in the world, Granny settled down in bear country with her granddaughter, Emily, Emily's doll, Lucy, and Granny's pet dog, Tutu. The four of them came by balloon and met up with Emily's friends, who had built a log cabin for the four of them to live in.[1]

Little Bear, Owl, Hen, Duck, and Cat were visiting Emily at Granny's House. They were planning to play croquet, but it was rainy, so instead, Granny told them the story of Little Red Riding Hood and had each of them play a character. By the time the story was over, the rain had stopped and Granny got up to make some cookies.[2]

Granny came over to Little Bear's House to celebrate the Winter Solstice. While there, she got into a snowball fight with Grandfather Bear, Little Bear, Emily, Owl, Duck, Cat, Hen, and Tutu.[4]

During the winter, Little Bear and his parents visited Granny, Tutu, Emily, and Lucy. But when it was time to leave, the snow was so high that it blocked the door, meaning that Little Bear and his parents were snowbound and had to stay the night. In the morning, they woke up to find that Moose had cleared a path to Little Bear's House, so Little Bear and his parents departed.[8]

After Emily visited Little Bear, who had the mumps, to cheer him up, she and Lucy came down with the mumps as well. Granny gave her and Lucy ice cream to help make them feel better.[10]

During the summer, Granny, Little Bear, and Emily brought out Granny's old rug she got in Egypt. Granny went to make lunch, and when she returned, she learned that Little Bear and Emily guessed the "magic word" to make the rug fly: "Abracadabracadabracadabra". Little Bear and Emily went on to say that they flew away on the rug, but it gave out and stranded them on a small island in the middle of a lake. They told Granny how the Mermaid came and fixed the rug with seaweed. While Granny was being told all this, she patched up the rug. Finally, the rug was repaired, and they all had lunch.[9]

In the fall, Emily and Little Bear found a toad and brought him into Granny's house. Granny, who can understand toads, had a short conversation with the toad. They considered the toad might be a prince who was turned into a toad, but this was disproved when Tutu kissed the toad.[5]

Granny celebrated Harvest Day at the Harvest Day Picnic, along with Mother Bear, Father Bear, Little Bear, Emily, Duck, Cat, Hen, Owl, Mitzi, Grandmother Bear, Grandfather Bear, Tutu, and Moose.[11]

While at the picnic, Granny was the referee for the sack race. In the race, Cat and Emily tied for first place, Mitzi was disqualified for swinging through the trees, Owl tried to stop Mitzi and never reached the finish line, Duck fell over and got up facing the wrong direction, Little Bear turned back to go to have more sweets, and Hen fell early in the race. This means that Grandfather Bear likely came in second place.[11]

Later, Granny operated the record player for a game of musical chairs. The first one out was Little Bear. Little Bear proceeded to go to the dessert table and Granny follows him. She asked him who he was talking to and he told her it was his sweet tooth. Emily called Granny for the music as she returned to the game.[11]

The next five to go (in an unknown order) were Grandfather Bear, Grandmother Bear, Hen, Mitzi, and Owl. And the final five to go (again in an unknown order) were Duck, Mother Bear, Father Bear, Cat, and Emily, leaving Tutu as the champion.[11]

Family[]

  • Emily (granddaughter)
  • Emily's mother (daughter or daughter-in-law)
  • Emily's father (son or son-in-law)

Background information[]

Granny was voiced by Kay Hawtrey.

Appearances and references[]

Citations[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 James Still. "Emily Returns". Little Bear, season 2, episode 5b.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Suzanne Collins. "Little Red Riding Hood". Little Bear, season 2, episode 6b.
  3. James Still. "Gingerbread Cookies". Little Bear, season 3, episode 9a.
  4. 4.0 4.1 James Still. "Winter Solstice". Little Bear, story by Hasmi Giakoumis and James Still, season 2, episode 7b.
  5. 5.0 5.1 James Still. "Applesauce". Little Bear, story by Else Holmelund Minarik, season 3, episode 5c.
  6. Marlene Matthews and James Still. "Owl's Dilemma". Little Bear, story by Else Holmelund Minarik, season 3, episode 1a.
  7. James Still. "Emily's Birthday". Little Bear, story by Else Holmelund Minarik, season 3, episode 12a.
  8. 8.0 8.1 James Still. "Snowbound". Little Bear, story by Else Holmelund Minarik, season 2, episode 7c.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Betty Quan. "Granny's Old Flying Rug". Little Bear, story by Else Holmelund Minarik, season 3, episode 2c.
  10. Betty Quan. "Between Friends". Little Bear, season 2, episode 12a.
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Suzanne Collins. "Little Bear's Sweet Tooth". Little Bear, season 3, episode 7c.
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