The Fourth Bear (2006)
book 2 in Nursery Crimes series
by Jasper Fforde

11 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Jack Sprat (lead character)  Detective Inspector Jack Spratt.		[could eat no fat; his wife could eat no lean]	Felix Kyngston	14
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary (Mary)		[gardener]	Mary Cooper	21
Gingerbread Man	N.A.	[giant gingerbread cookie monster]		3
Prometheus	Greco-Roman deity	Titans of Olympus [allegedly taught man how to make and use fire]		5
Goldilocks		[1st app: The Doctor (vol. 4) (1837)]	Longmans, Green & co.	38
Dorian Gray	hedonist	[1st app: Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (July 1890)]	Lippincott	33
Peter Piper		[farmer; musician]	J. Harris	10
Papa Bear	anthropomorphic animal	bear; Three Bears	Longmans, Green & co.	35
Mama Bear	anthropomorphic animal	bear; Three Bears	Longmans, Green & co.	19
Baby Bear	anthropomorphic animal	bear; Three Bears	Longmans, Green & co.	41
Little Red Riding Hood (mentioned)  After doubts arise concerning Jack Spratt's handling of the Great Red-Legg'd Scissorman's arrest and the Red Riding Hood affair, he is suspended pending a mental health review.		[star of classic fairy tale]	Andrew Lang	78

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