What Does My Teddy Bear Do All Day? - Hardcover

PreSchool-K - In this story about the secret lives of toys, a golden-haired, pink-cheeked narrator ponders, "My teddy bear seems really sweet,/but maybe I've been fooled./I wonder what he does all day/when I am off at school." She decides to stay at home and spy on her friend but it proves rather difficult to spot the bear in motion. Determined, she repeats the refrain, "You wait. I'm gonna catch you!" In her quest, she feigns sleep, peeks through a keyhole, hides in a closet, and uses binoculars while perched in a tree. However crafty she is, the bear doesn't move a hair, blink an eye, or even turn his head to watch his favorite TV show. While diligently not taking her eye off him, she misses the antics of her other toys, in particular a pair of mice that young readers will enjoy locating on each spread. Muller's painterly illustrations, done in warm and glowing colors, are a wonderful complement to this sweet and simple story that explores a child's imagination. - Piper L. Nyman, formerly at Fairfield Civic Center Library, CA
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