Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear - Tapa dura

About the Author

Alice Schertle es una celebrada autora de muchos libros para niños. Ha recibido el premio Christopher. Alice vive en New Salem, Massachusetts.

Alice Schertle is an acclaimed author of many children's books, as well as a recipient of the Christopher Award. She lives in New Salem, Massachusetts.

Linda Hill Griffith has illustrated dozens of children's books, including The Sleeping Beauty Ballet by Laurie Sale and Exploring the Human Body by Lisa Rojany. Her delightful art also appears on calendars, greeting cards, and two series of collector's plates for the Franklin Mint. She lives in Orange County, California, with her husband, Robert; daughter, Lauren; one cat; and two dogs.

From School Library Journal

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
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