Hello r/books! I didn’t know anywhere else to post this and this sub is filled with incredibly smart people so I thought I would ask here.

When I was in the first or second grade living in British Columbia, Canada, my librarian had an old tape recorder with books on tape as well as the books that went along with it and you listened to them with headphones on (cause library) and followed along.

There was one in particular that I always remembered but I have never been able to find. It is about a bear, who has a magic pencil and can draw anything he likes.

Later in the book, the bear gets caught in a cage and the text of the book reads, (as far as I can remember)

“Bear is caught!”

“But bear still has his pencil”

And he draws a door on the cage and gets out.

I have typed that phrase into google, searched our local library and asked everyone I know if they know what book that is but no one has a clue.

Anyways, it’s really just so I can read it to my 3 year old for nostalgias sake, but it made such an impression on me as a kid that I remember it to this day.

I’m appreciative of any help anyone can give. Thank you so much.