Cheer Up Your Teddy Bear, Emily Brown!
Written by Cressida Cowell
Illustrated by Neal Layton
Publisher: Orchard Books
ISBN: 978-1-40830-848-6
Summary/Back cover:
"Po-o-o-o-o-o-o-r-ME... po-o-o-o-o-o-o-r ME...
Poor little sad little wet little ME...
I'm a Lonely Only Bear and I'm feeling very blue..."
Once upon a time, Emily Brown and her old grey rabbit called Stanley met a very wet little teddy bear, who certainly needed a bit of cheering up. Perhaps a trip to Australia would help?
The fourth book in this simply marvellous series by top author-illustrator pairing Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton.
Review:
This is a gorgeous wee book about a very sad little teddy bear that needs a lot of cheering up - my almost 3 year old didn't understand the rain cloud over the teddy bears' head, but otherwise understood that teddy was sad, and we had to try and make him happy - his solution was to yell "Be happy, Teddy!" at the book!
This is a relatively long book for a preschooler, but easy to read, and keeps the kids entertained (especially if you pick a tune to sing the teddy bear's song to - I sang it to a slow, minor-keyed version of "This Old Man"). The illustrations are a clever combination of photography backgrounds with drawn pictures on top, which fascinated my son no end.
A beautiful book, one that we will definitely read time and time again. It hasn't made the top 10 favourites list from my son yet, but he has requested it a number of times, so it may make it there yet!
If you're interested in purchasing this book, you can find it here on Fishpond.
My rating: 4 out of 5.
Review written by Bronwyn
