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THE BEARLORE IMPRINT

Editorial Standards

How a Bearlore Story is made

Every Story passes the Bearlore Editorial Gate before publication. No exceptions, no shortcuts.

01

Research

Each Realm has a research brief grounded in primary sources. Sources are cited internally and available to families on request.

02

Draft

AI tools draft the narrative under the Realm brief, which constrains voice, factual scope, and prohibited content.

03

Line edit

Bearlore's editorial pass: line-by-line fact-checking against the cited sources, voice consistency, and brand alignment.

04

Clinical review

Cleared by Bearlore's clinical psychologist and integrative art psychotherapist.

Bearlore's clinical reviewer holds a degree in clinical psychology and completed a four-year integrative art psychotherapy education, with active clinical practice. Integrative art psychotherapy is the discipline of how people process emotion through narrative and image, directly relevant to the form Bearlore Stories take.

Each Story is reviewed against an 11-point developmental review grounded in Jean Piaget's concrete operational stage and Lev Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development.

Cognitive fit (Piaget)

  1. Concrete-to-abstract bridging - new concepts grounded in tangible objects or events before abstraction
  2. Conservation logic - identities and facts remain consistent through Story transformations
  3. Reversibility - cause-effect chains are traceable
  4. Decentration - multiple perspectives are shown

Learning fit (Vygotsky)

  1. Zone of Proximal Development - Story is slightly above independent reading level, with illustration and narration bridging the gap
  2. Cultural appropriateness - language and references within the Child's recognizable world while introducing the new Realm
  3. Just-in-time support - new vocabulary is explained within the Scene that introduces it
  4. Narrative coherence - clear arc supporting meaning-making

Emotional safety

  1. Emotional regulation - tension and resolution are paced; no fear-inducing content without narrative resolution within the Story
  2. Identity-affirming representation - the Child's avatar, identity, and agency are respected
  3. Age-appropriate themes - content suitable for ages 6-10

Publication

Only after all four stages clear does a Story carry the Bearlore Imprint and enter the catalog.

AI Disclosure

Bearlore Stories are drafted with AI under a research brief, edited by Bearlore, and cleared by a clinical psychologist before publication. We use AI as a drafting tool, not as a publisher.

Image generation uses commercial AI models selected on a licensing-first basis. Source photographs from Photo-First Avatar generation are not retained and are never used as training data.

Our Promise

If a Scene contains a factual error or developmental misfit, we refund or re-render. The Editorial Gate exists to prevent this from happening in the first place.

Contact

Press inquiries and credential verification: hello@bearlore.com