Publisher's Synopsis
Albert was trained as a circus bear but when his circus went out of business he was moved to a zoo. Albert missed making people laugh and started to perform to huge crowds who rewarded him with delicious snacks. Rapidly becoming fat, Albert escapes and gets involved in marathon running.;Dick Gackenbach has illustrated "Bag Full of Pups", "The Princess and the Pea" and "Mother Rabbit's Son Tom".