Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary, Canada and Custer, WA: Rocky Mountain Books, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A curious young grizzly named Ned and his mother, Betty Lou, struggle with the increasing problem of human encroachment on their habitat. Despite his mother's guidance, Ned becomes habituated to humans and encounters a predictable fate. But the bears experience many funny encounters and insightful moments along the way, and their story teaches readers about the natural world. INSCRIBED by the author, Joe Pavelka on the front endpaper - To .... and your wonderful family and to a great life of crazy adventures." Written with interior rhymes that keep the story moving along. Illustrated in full color by Lynne Huras. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 1-894765958.