Additional Information About the 2019 Charlie Bears Fable Collection

Several of you have asked which pairs go together with the 2019 Charlie Bears Fables Collection. 

All of these amazing characters were inspired by the creator of Charlie Bears, Charlotte Morris.  These are some of her favorite fables and folklores.

Lil' Red & Sly (page 7 in the 2019 Charlie Bears catalog)

Aesop's Fables, The Hen and the Fox

Slow Coach & Speedy  (page 8+9 in the 2019 Charlie Bears catalog)

Aesop's Fables, The Tortoise and The Hare

A tale between two unequal partners, the Fox ridicules the slow-moving Tortoise. The Fox boldly takes a nap mid race, and the Tortoise keeps a steady slow-coach speed to win the race! Which I now see, is why our Slow Coach is looking very happy with himself !

Sarge & Winco Hopper (page 10+11 in the 2019 Charlie Bears catalog)

Aesop's Fables, The Ant and the Grasshopper

This hard working Ant doesn't waste all his days dancing and singing his days away and refusing to help his tired friend Ant gather food. When Winter comes, this hungry Grasshopper, begs for food for the efficient Ant, who refuses to share on the grounds of "when I was tired and asked for you help - you said "no" !".

Dunk (page 12 in the 2019 Charlie Bears catalog)

St Nicholas Tale (and 1875 folk tale), The Gingerbread Man

 "Run, run as fast as you can - you can't catch me - I'm the Gingerbread Man!"..we all know how this story ends.

Kisses (page 13 in the 2019 Charlie Bears catalog)

The Grimm Brothers, The Frog Prince

A spoiled Princess reluctantly befriends an ugly frog who helped her find her precious golden ball from a pond. As the Frog is really a Prince, when the Frog persuade the Princess to kiss him - the curse from his past disappears - a love story!

Quote of the Day - "Success is not final, failure is not fatal:  it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill

2019 Charlie Bears Fables Series

2019 marks another exciting year for Charlie Bears collectors.  This year is another amazing collection that without a doubt offers collectors some wonderful choices when choosing their Charlie Bears for the year.

Of special note, is the "Fable Series".  According to Charlotte Morris:

"Inspired by the famous characters in Aesop's Fables and with their long limbs and velvety smooth plush fur, these characters are exciting additions to the Charlie Bears family and they are each limited editions (600 actually).  Each character will arrive snuggled in a newly designed Folklores and Fables box."

This very special collection consists of:
Lil Red (the red hen)
Sly (the fox)
Slow Coach (the tortoise)
Speedy (the hare)
Sarge (the ant)
Winco Hopper (the grasshopper)
Dunk (gingerbread man)

For those of you who did not experience fables as a child,

"A fable is a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.  Aesop's Fables are a collection of stories credited to a man called Aesop who is believed to have been a storyteller from Ancient Greece and even today they remain popular tales to read to children."

Quote of the day - "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop" - Confucius

2019 Charlie Bears Queen's Beasts Series

Taken from the 2019 Charlie Bears catalog:  "Did you know that when Her Majesty the Queen of England was crowned in 1953 that the entrance to Westminster Abbey was guarded by ten fantastical creatures?  Charlotte Morris (aka Charlie) obviously did as she has a designed a new stunning series entitled the Queen's Beasts.  There are currently four to collect during 2019 and each one will be released in a different quarter".

The four Queen's Beasts characters to be introduced in 2019 are:

China (the black bull)
Goliath (the lion)
Oona (the unicorn)
Grumbleweed (the dragon)

For additional background information please visit this very detailed article from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Beasts.

Quote of the Day - "Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear." - George Addair

2019 Charlie Bear Collection Launch!

We are very pleased to announce that Charlie Bears will be debuting their 2019 Charlie Bears Collection a bit earlier than in year's past.

Instead of mid-late February the office Charlie Bear Launch date is Friday, January 18th!

Beacon's Glow Collectibles is so excited as we expect this year's collection to be fantastic.  (Still wondering how year after year, Charlie (Charlotte Morris) and her team of talented designers (Isabelle Lee, Alison Mills and Heather Lyell) always come up with a collection that gets better and better.

As is always the case, we will be carrying the 2019 Charlie Bear catalogs and give these out free of charge to collectors who would like one.  We have ordered plenty of these and hope that they will be arriving in Q1 of this year.

Additionally, Charlie Bears will be following their anticipated quarterly deliveries as they have done in the past (Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4).  We were extremely impressed how well this new delivery worked and in the timely manner that Charlie Bears shipped product to US stockists.

Please stay tuned for additional information! We will be posting the online 2019 catalog as well as quarterly schedule on our Charlie Bears webpage as soon as we are able.

Quote of the Day - "Good, better, best.  Never let it rest.  'Til your good is better and your better is best." - St. Jerome