BOOK Famous Bears & Friends Stories Poems Songs Janet Wyman Coleman 2002

BOOK Hardcover Famous Bears & Friends 100 Years of Teddy Bear Stories Poems Songs and Heroics by Janet Wyman Coleman 2002 Dutton Children's Books 64 pages Dust Jacket Winnie the Pooh, Paddington, Corduroy One hundred years ago, Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a helpless bear. A toy maker in Brooklyn honoured the noble act by creating a plush, stuffed toy with movable arms and legs and a bright, bearish face. The teddy bear was born. A century later this bear has inspired beloved stories, a hit song, and numerous silly, sad, and loving poems, many of which are gathered here in a big, full-colour treasury. The collection includes a chapter each from Winnie-the-Pooh and A Bear Called Paddington; the full text of Corduroy; poems by Shel Silverstein, Judith Viorst, A. A. Milne, and others; a song; and a lively illustrated history of the world's favourite toy.