Question: The Little Bear Movie is an animated film based on the television series "Little Bear", Little Bear is an educational Canadian children's animated series based on the "Little Bear" series of books written by who?
Context: Little Bear is an educational Canadian children's animated series based on the "Little Bear" series of books written by Else Holmelund Minarik, and illustrated by Maurice Sendak; the program was originally produced by CBC.  It has been rebroadcast on many channels, including Noggin/Nick Jr. (U.S.), ABC and ABC2 (Australia), RTÉ (Ireland), TV2 (New Zealand) and Children's BBC (UK).  A direct-to-video/DVD full-length feature film titled "The Little Bear Movie" was released in 2001. Little Bear is a series of children's books, primarily involving the interaction of Little Bear (a small cub) and Mother Bear (Little Bear's Mother), and the yearning he has for his father who is a ship's captain and absent for long periods.  The first book in the series was published in 1957, written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak.  Initially the stories were simple, but eventually became more sophisticated in subsequent books as the plot and characters expanded. Lesley Barber (born 1962) is a Canadian composer of music for film, theatre, chamber and orchestral ensembles and she is also a conductor, pianist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist.  Barber is best known for composing the film scores for "You Can Count on Me", "Mansfield Park", "Hysterical Blindness", "When Night Is Falling", and composing music for the animated television series "Little Bear". Koba Entertainment is a producer of original musical theatre based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  To date, they have produced numerous Canadian and U.S. tours for such famous children's properties as Bubble Guppies, Max and Ruby, Toopy & Binoo, The Backyardigans, The Big Comfy Couch, Caillou, The Doodlebops, Franklin the Turtle, and Maurice Sendak’s Little Bear. Creative Wonders was an educational software corporation from 1994 to 1999.  It created computer games based on children's characters like "Sesame Street", "Madeline", "Schoolhouse Rock! ", "Arthur", "Little Bear", "Dr. Seuss" and "ABC World Reference". Else Holmelund Minarik (September 13, 1920 – July 12, 2012) was an American author of more than 40 children’s books.  She was most commonly associated with her "Little Bear" series of children's books, which were adapted for television.  Minarik was also the author of another well-known book, "No Fighting, No Biting!" The Lonely Doll is the first children's book in a series by photographer and author Dare Wright.  The story is told through text and photographs.  It was first published by Doubleday in 1957, went out of print for years, was reissued by Houghton Mifflin in 1998, and brought out by Barnes & Noble in a narrated version for their Nook eReader in 2012.  Wright wrote 10 books starring Edith and the bears.  The nine that have been reprinted are "The Lonely Doll", "Edith and Mr. Bear", "A Gift from the Lonely Doll", "Holiday for Edith and the Bears", "The Doll and the Kitten", "Edith and the Duckling", "Edith and Little Bear Lend a Hand", "Edith and Midnight" and "The Lonely Doll Learns a Lesson". Martin Waddell (born 10 April 1941) is an Irish writer of children's books.  He may be known best for the texts of picture books that feature anthropomorphic animals, especially the "Little Bear" series illustrated by Barbara Firth (not to be confused with Minarik & Sendak's "Little Bear" series).  He also writes under the pen name Catherine Sefton, for older children, primarily ghost stories and mystery fiction.  The work by Sefton most widely held in WorldCat libraries is the novel "In a blue velvet dress" (1973). Janet-Laine Green (born December 31, 1951) is a Canadian actress, director, producer and teacher, active for over 25 years.  Best known for her roles in "She's the Mayor", "Seeing Things" and "This is Wonderland", this Toronto-based film and television personality has also been a voice actor for animated series such as "Jacob Two-Two", "Franklin", "Little Bear" (as Mother Bear) and "The Care Bears" (for which she voiced Wish Bear). The Little Bear Movie is an animated film based on the television series "Little Bear", which in turn is based on the book series of the same name which was written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, and produced by Nelvana Limited for Paramount Pictures.  The film was released on direct-to-video on August 7, 2001 by Paramount Home Video.  It stars Kristin Fairlie as the voice of Little Bear.
Answer: Else Holmelund Minarik