Where's My Teddy? (1992)

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Little Eddy loses his toy bear and has to go looking for him in the dark, horrible woods - where he's in for a gigantic surprise.

Eddie is missing his Teddy in this rhyming picture-book from British author/illustrator Jez Alborough. Searching for him in the woods, he gets quite a surprise, upon finding a massively over-sized stuffed bear. Has Teddy grown? Has he, Eddie, shrunk? This shock is nothing compared to his reaction when an actual bear, holding a tiny teddy, appears. It would seem that boy and bear have each found the wrong toy...

Originally published in 1992, Where's My Teddy? is the first of three picture-books featuring Eddie and his ursine counterpart, and was reissued this past year (2017) in this 25th Anniversary Edition. The story is engaging - what will happen next?! - while the rhyming text makes for an excellent read-aloud. The colorful artwork, done in watercolor, crayon and pencil, is bright and appealing, ably capturing the emotional state of both Eddie and the Bear, and the humor of their brief meeting. Recommended to anyone looking for fun picture-books in rhyme, or children's stories about teddy bears. ( )

"Where's My Teddy?" was a childhood favorite of mine. The story is about a boy named Eddy in search for his lost teddy bear, named Freddy, and the events that follow the finding of a gigantic teddy bear. The rhyming pattern makes the book a fun read and the twist of who the big teddy bear belongs to is a fun surprise. ( )