Teddy bears of every kind,

Bears with pull strings,

Bears you wind,

Bears that roller-skate,

Bears that sing,

Bears that don't do anything.

Get ready to cuddle up with your favorite furry friend, and meet the cast of utterly captivating teddies that inhabit Christopher Award-winning author Alice Schertle's cozy verse and Linda Hill Griffith's irresistible paintings. If you have ever loved a teddy bear, this is the book for you!

PreSchool-Grade 2-Thirteen cheerful poems about a subject that has enormous child appeal. All are bouncy and readable, as in these lines from "Teddy Bear Store": "Miles of bears. Piles of bears./Care for a bear? Just choose." Children will recognize many of the situations: scrubbing a stuffed animal clean, piling teddy bears into seats on a make-believe bus, dressing up a special bear, and, of course, loving one: "Wrinkles, lumps,/patches, creases-/Barely Bear's/been loved to pieces." Griffith's joyful full-color paintings capture the essence of each selection; in addition, one develops a small visual story that perceptive children will notice. A cat, for example, covers its eyes as the bears slide down a banister; a chair is knocked over and abandoned after it pounces; a handy teddy bear sews up his own middle seam. The art is detailed and clever, and complements the poems well. Children will see themselves and their precious stuffed-animal friends reflected in these pages.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Lee Bock, Glenbrook Elementary School, Pulaski, WI

length: (cm)29.1 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)22.5