Woodland Valley is the area/village in which events on the show, Bear in the Big Blue House are situated. The Big Blue House is the main landmark, but there is also a general store, post office, mall, library, movie theater, mouse school, and many other locations. Many of these are not seen (or not seen in much detail) until the fourth season of the program. In "History, Herstory, Bearstory", Jeremiah Tortoise reveals that his grandfather Hephaestus Tortoise was the town's first settler. He initially decided to call it Who'd Have Thought I Would Land in This Valley Valley, but decided it was too long and changed it to Woodland Valley. Jeremiah says he's been trying to get the official spelling changed for years. Sequoia City is a neighboring city of Woodland Valley.
Places of Interest[]
Woodland Valley Mall:Bear and the kids visit the Woodland Valley Mall in the A Berry Bear Christmas special. The Woodland Valley Mall holds lapsittings with Santa, although this time, Santa Hogg performed this duty. Little is known about the Woodland Valley Mall. However, a sign seen during the "That's All I Want for Christmas" song gives one of the store names as "Bass 'n Robin Ice Cream Parlor". This is a spoof on the particular Baskin-Robbins franchise.
Woodland Valley Post Office: Woodland Valley's own facility for posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission, or delivery of mail. The post office also sells stamps for stamp collections and does clammygrams if asked. Jeremiah Tortoise works there in addition to running his General store. Most of the mail ends up arriving late due to Jeremiah Tortoise, who is slow at delivering the mail. In "A Strange Bird", Bear received a two-week old postcard from a penguin named Puck from the South Pole and finds out Puck is paying a visit to the Big Blue House today. The store accepts clams, Woodland Valley's official currency, as payment and it has to be exact change only.
Woodland Valley General Store: Covers pretty much all shopping needs for those in and around the valley. Bear buys groceries there. The store also sells toys, baseball cards, comic books, and much more. Jeremiah Tortoise runs the establishment, in addition to his mail duties at Woodland Valley Post Office.
Woodland Valley Cinema: A local movie theater for everyone in Woodland Valley to relax and watch films. Annette is the owner of the movie theater and does all the jobs from box office to ticket taker. The screening room has three rows of seats in the auditorium and a concession stand. The concession stand accepts dollars and cents as payment instead of clams, Woodland Valley's official currency.
Woodland Valley Library: A place for everyone in Woodland Valley to go for research and resources. It is managed by Otto and Etta Otter. It is located directly in the center of the town. In addition to books, it also offers DVDs, CD-ROMs, Internet access, and various other resources.
