Jan 15 2008
Teddy Bear Tales
There are many stories featuring teddy bears performing like human beings and having great adventures. The first teddy bear that comes to mind is, of course, Winnie The Pooh.Alan Alexander Milne wrote mostly plays and novels. However, his most popular works are his Pooh stories. You can find excerpts from a few of his well known stories at: http://www.just-pooh.com/stories.html.
Another famous teddy bear goes by the name of Paddington Bear. On Christmas Eve 1956 author Michael Bond saw a small toy bear on a shelf in a London store. He felt sorry for it, bought it, and took it home as a gift for his wife. He named the toy bear Paddington because they lived near Paddington Station. He wrote a few stories about the bear for fun. Ten days later he had a book of stories completed. He has since written several books about Paddington Bear. You are able to purchase 7 episodes of the BBC series featuring Paddington Bear on this site: http://www.sendit.com/video/item/7000000078397.
Of course there are other, less popular, bears with a story or two about them. You will find A Teddy Bear Story at http://members.aol.com/AnglWhisps/bears.html. This is more a poem than a story, but it does bear looking into.
Go to: http://www.beartime.com/ to find fantastic stories about teddy bears, as well as, other teddy bear related activities.
Visit: www.theodoreroosevelt.org/kidscorner/trteddy.htm if you really want to know where teddy bears came from. There you will find the true story of how the teddy bear began, and the role President Theodore Roosevelt played in the birth of the stuffed animal.
On Theodore and Tilly Bear’s Fun-site, :http://j4tb.com/funsite/index.htm, you will find lots of teddy bear stories, poems, and games to play.
Chocolate the Naughty Teddy, Chocolate’s Trip, A New Friend for Chocolate, and Chocolate and Cake Don’t Mix are all stories about a Teddy Bear who seems to always get into trouble. You can learn more about Chocolate at http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/cray/695/story.html.
Care Bears are teddy bears that began as an animation. These cute little bears have seen their share of adventure. Care Bear videos and books are available for purchase. Care Bears are very popular and have been around for the past 25 years. You can find them in books, movies, cartoons, stuffed animals and even on clothing.
Yogi Bear, that pi-in-ic basket stealing bear from Jellystone Park, has been a teddy bear. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera in the late 1950’s Yogi began his life in automation. His best friend and sidekick, Boo-Boo has also been a teddy bear.
Rupert is a bear who started out at the business end of the pen of artist Mary Toutel in 1920 and still appears as a comic strip in The Daily Express. He has also been a teddy bear and stars in his own series on PBS channels.
If you do some more research on Teddy Bear stories you will be able to find many sources from web-sites and books t o animation. The teddy bear, and bears in general, are very popular subjects.
