Icky wants to find a fossil and the beach is the best place to go. Its lucky that Alice and her Mum are out for a walk when he gets himself stuck in the mud. It seems like Icky needs somebody to take care of him. He is super soft, and Icky has a beanbag bottom and suede paws. Do you know somebody who might like to meet Icky?

Rikey Austin, the artist Ricky Austin's great love is painting bears and making up bear stories. This great passion started from humble beginnings with sketches for her friends and stories for her children. Following a moderate success with a short run publication of a children's book, Rikey had a dream that was going to change her life. Many of the stories Rickey had told to her children when they were young suddenly found a home, a beginning, in the creation of Alice, a little girl who helped her Mum in a teddy bear repair shop. Alice finds many bears in many situations and her life revolves around their adventures and the inevitable repairs that follow. Along with these delightful stories Rikey painted the bears whose lives had become entwined with Alice's shop.