Product Description

The classic action rhyme, featuring Michael Hague's lovable bears, is now available in a sturdy board book format, perfect for sharing with the very young.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #398787 in Books
• Published on: 1997-03-28
• Released on: 1997-03-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Board book
• 40 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780688152512
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Publishers Weekly
Sort of a Jane Fonda workout program for the nursery set, this verse exhorts readers to join Teddy Bear as he turns around, touches the ground, goes upstairs, says prayers, etc. Those who have trouble imagining the appropriate actions can turn to directions supplied at the end (at the line "turn around," for example, we are instructed to "Spin around once"). Hague frames the text in sweet-as-can-be borders of a star-surrounded Teddy Bear in 10 pretty poses; facing illustrations, executed in watercolor, ink and pencil, conjure up a mirthful little teddy bear and a benign, bespectacled mother as they cavort against elegantly but relentlessly patterned backdrops. When Teddy Bear turns off the light, he is wearing star-spangled pj's and standing against duck-patterned drapes, which are open to a glittery sky lit by a smily-faced man-in-the-moon. "By combining a realistic bear with stylized, brightly colored backgrounds," the artist explains in an endnote, "I think a magical fantasy world has been achieved"--some may believe it's a confectioner's art. Ages 2-up.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-- Hague's lumpy and pudgy bears (a mother and child) are done in warm golden watercolors accented with Chinese red and warm blue hues. The text, framed by a border of bears and stars, appears on the left-hand pages. Additional touches include the teddy "turning around" into a puddle and then tracking mud into the house. And when he needs to "show your shoe," he really has something to display. A "Note to Parents" gives instructions for acting out the rhyme. Marc Brown (Dutton, 1989) and Carol Lawson (Dial, 1991) have similar versions available, but Hague's unique style merits another look. A cozy treat. --Jacqueline Elsner, Athens Regional Library, GA
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Scientific American
A cozy treat.

Customer Reviews

Teddy Bear Book
I bought this book for my granddaughter because the Teddy Bear rhyme was my son's favorite book. The original was a Japanese photography book and the pictures were wonderful. The illustrations in this book is not as good, and not so clear what the teddy bear is actually doing to go along with the rhyme. I know my wiggle-worm granddaughter would stay still if the pictures of the teddy bear acting out the rhyme were more life like. So this gets 4 instead of 5.

Great for toddlers
We read this the first time at the library and decided to purchase it. It's great for toddlers who have a short attention span. The sentences are short and rhyme which make it fun for the children.

Teddy Bear Teddy Bear
My granddaughter enjoyed this book so much, that we have it out more than the Library has it in stock. One of the librairians is a neighbor and we had been to the library that day and we searched high and low for this book, to no avail. That evening the neighbor came with book in hand, and my 2 1/2yr old granddaughter was so excited to get her book back, she claims. She can't read but knows it by heart.