Usborne First Reading Did you know that there are only eight different kinds of bears in the world? Find out where they live, what they eat and how baby bears spend their very first day in the outside world. Bears is in the Usborne First Reading series, written especially for children who are learning to read, and developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, Principal Lecturer in Education and reading specialist at Roehampton University. With delightful illustrations, these books combine great stories with simple text to excite and inspire any beginner reader.