Where's My Teddy?

by Jez Alborough

Book, 1991

Status

Available

Call number

823.914

Publication

Candlewick Press

Description

When a small boy named Eddie goes searching for his lost teddy in the dark woods, he comes across a gigantic bear with a similar problem.

User reviews

LibraryThing member eviltammy
Two teddy bears get mixed up with wonderfully frantic results. Great for read-alouds.
LibraryThing member Schuman
We own this one and I love it. About a little boy and bear, both lonely, and how they become friends. Great to talk about friendship.
LibraryThing member jrjohnson1
A bear looses his bear. While looking for the bear he runs into another bear that lost his bear. Cute book!
LibraryThing member inglesby
I have had a teddy bear when I was younger, but after reading this book it made me want one, and to never loose sight of it. I did have a blanket, and when I couldn't find it i just cried and cried.
LibraryThing member allie_mansfield
What a great book about teddy bears. A very easy read for children to enjoy with their families. Nice bold pictures.
LibraryThing member aswideman
This is a cute book to read to younger readers. They can relate to this book because most children have a special teddy they own, just like Eddie does in the story.
LibraryThing member jasmine84
I really have fun reading out from this book. The story line is cute that the boy and the bear go look for their lost teddy bear so they go sleep at night. But soon they saw their teddy bear and they saw each other, they start run and scream. when they lay on the bed still terified about what they
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just saw. the art in the book is nice the words is big and very easy to understand.
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LibraryThing member jhinze57
Cute Story. My son is only 19 months so he's a little too young to appreciate it, but its one that I will set aside for him to read. A little boy has lost his teddy bear, so he goes out to look for one. What he finds is not exactly what he was looking for. Cute.
LibraryThing member booschnoo
This is a good example of Fantasy because it has situations that could not happen in real life, but the reader believes is possible in this world created by the author.
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LibraryThing member ReadAloudDenver
A fun and funny case of mistaken identity played out in rhymes. Your child will love the cadence and rhythm as it from the beginning with "Eddie's off to find his teddy, Eddie's teddy's name is Freddie" all the way to the end with "all the way back to their snuggly beds, where they huddled and
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cuddled their own little teds." If you like this book, you'll also love Mo Willem's "Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity".
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LibraryThing member vanessa6
This book talks about losing their teddy bear. It shows that others have favorite toys too. The big bear and the boy both lost their teddy and accidently found each other's. In the end, they got their's back and ran back to bed. The story does a great job demonstrating that because it's your
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favorite, doesn't mean it'll be someone else's favorite. The illustrator uses water color and pen. Fantastic art work!
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LibraryThing member cyberdabbler
My son and I both fell in love with this one--the story, the rhyming, and the illustrations make for a classic children's book
LibraryThing member toribori19
This is the case of mistaken identity, or rather the misplaced teddy, when Eddie goes into the woods in search for his teddy-bear Freddie. As he is walking he comes in contact with a giant teddy and begins to wonder how he will ever get this teddy home not to mention fit in his bed. Suddenly he
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hears someone crying really loudly and it is coming closer. Eddy hides behind the big teddy and discovers that the sobbing is coming from a gigantic bear, who has a small teddy in his grasp. They stare at each other and eventually grab their own teddies, run in opposite directions, and run safely home in the comfort of their beds.
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LibraryThing member knhayes430
This book follows the adventure of a child on a mission to find his Teddy when it goes missing. His search leads him to the forest where he finds a giant Teddy! Soon the child realizes that this Teddy belongs to a bear, and that bear has his Teddy! After exchanging Teddy's both the bear and the
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child run in opposite directions to the safety of their beds. This book is too cute and is a fun read-aloud.
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LibraryThing member Rachel_Cohen
This book is a very simple easy book that could be used for kids. I think the illustrations were really cute and really helped tell the story. It was great to see a huge bear with a tiny teddy and a little boy with a giant teddy. I think this book is written very well and the rhyming words really
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help it flow.
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LibraryThing member lmeza
It's so great to have a non-reader (yet) realize what a book is about just by looking at the illustrations. The associations she made were priceless!
LibraryThing member aelmer
This GIANT read aloud book is about a boy who lost his teddy bear in the woods. While looking for him, he finds a giant version of his teddy bear, and is so confused. Then, he runs into a giant brown bear, who also lost his teddy bear. He stumbled across Eddie's little teddy bear and was confused
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too. The boy and the bear see each other, and scream! The collect their persona teddy bears and run home to the comfort of their beds.

I liked this book because of the rhyming and the flowing language. I also though that the illustrations were so wonderful and detailed, it really added to the vastness of the woods and the intimidation that Eddie and the bear felt when they saw each other. I think young kindergartners would really enjoy this book. It would be a great book to read when teaching about the concept of rhyming.
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LibraryThing member BrandiMichelle
Eddy has lost his teddy, in the dark and spooky woods. He is brave enough to go adventure into the woods where he finds a giant teddy. How did his teddy bear get so big? He also runs into a big bear who has a teeny tiny teddy. Eddy and the bear figure out the great swap and have a great time
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together.
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LibraryThing member SaritaInce
A story of loss and mistaken identity told in a simple poetic form. Large, colorful watercolors fill the entire book. A special bedtime story, perhaps?
LibraryThing member CommunityLibrarian
Even big bear wants his Ted when it is time to go to bed.
LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
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
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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.
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LibraryThing member wichitafriendsschool
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.
LibraryThing member mom2lnb
Where’s My Teddy? is the adorable tale of a little boy named Eddie who loses his teddy bear in the woods. When he goes back, looking for it, he instead finds a huge teddy. While trying to figure out how his teddy grew so big, he hears crying and encounters a real bear who’s upset that his teddy
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shrank to a tiny size. The two are scared to death of each other but all’s well that ends well, when they both get their own beloved teddies back. This was a cute, hilarious story that was really fun to read. The illustrations are great, too, really bringing to life the humor of the situation. As a relatively new grandma, I’m always on the lookout for books that I can share with my grandkids. I think this is a story that should delight them as well as all young readers. It’s the first in a series about these two characters called Eddy and the Bear, and after this enjoyable reading experience, I’m definitely going to be on the lookout for the other books in the series.
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LibraryThing member sloth852
This is one of my favorites. I love the rhymes and the gentle silliness.

Original publication date

1992
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