"In 1988, Jack Becklund and his wife, Patti, packed up their Florida home for life in the woods near Grand Marais, Minnesota, where they soon made the unexpected acquaintance of an orphaned yearling black bear cub, whom they named Little Bit. Over the next six summers, the Becklunds spent countless hours observing and learning from Little Bit as she - and the nine other bears she introduced, including Sonny and Big Mama - romped in their backyard. Sharing everything from food to family joys to life's tragedies, Jack, Patti, and the bears bonded in the way that good friends do - at first hesitantly, but then with confidence and enthusiasm."--BOOK JACKET. "Poignant and entertaining, and enhanced throughout by photos that reveal the closeness the Becklunds developed with the bears, Summers with the Bears is a shining testament to the possibilities of friendship."--BOOK JACKET.