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* NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts
* Parents Magazine Parent's Prizes 수상작


에디는 잃어 버린 곰돌이 테디베어 인형을 찾기 위해 숲 속에 들어갔다가 길을 잃어 버렸어요. 한참을 헤매던 에디는 깊은 숲속에서 엄청나게 큰 테디베어 인형을 발견했지요. 그런데, 갑자기 집채만큼 큰 진짜 곰이 나타났어요. 가슴에는 에디가 잃어버린 조그만 테디베어 인형을 가슴에 품고 있었죠. 큰 곰은 잃어버렸던 커다란 테디베어를 발견하고는 덥석 가슴에 안았습니다. 그리고는 에디를 발견하고는 깜짝 놀라 큰 테디베어 인형을 안고 집으로 달아납니다..... 덩치에 어울리지 않게 테디베어 인형을 안고 다니는 큰 곰의 모습이 무척 유머러스합니다.






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Edition: Paperback, 32 pages
ISBN-10: 1564022803
ISBN-13: 978-1564022806
책크기: 214mm x 260mm



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Book description
Eddie's in for the surprise of his life when he discovers that his teddy bear has grown much too big to cuddle. But there's fun in store when Eddie meets up with a real bear who's got just the opposite problem--his lost teddy bear has shrunk to a size that's much too small for such an enormous bear to cuddle. Could it be a case of mistaken identity? Full color.


Publisher's Weekly
Given its mistaken identities and characters meandering through the woods, this irresistible bedtime story is faintly reminiscent of certain Shakespearean comedies and the cartoonlike characters in Calvin and Hobbes. When little Eddie braves the ``dark and horrible'' woods to look for his lost teddy bear Freddie, he confuses a real bear's giant teddy with his own. ``How did you get to be this size?'' he asks. Elsewhere in the woods, the real bear is sobbing over Eddie's Freddie, thinking his own teddy bear has shrunk. Alborough ( Beaky ) cleverly plots the confrontation scene as the real bear ``stomps toward . . . the giant teddy and Eddie,'' and by book's end both real bear and Eddie are reassuringly tucked in their respective beds, ``huddled and cuddled with their own little teds.'' Alborough's verse adroitly employs kid-pleasing rhythms and repetitions, while his watercolor, crayon and pencil drawings underscore the broad comedy of this perfectly satisfying scenario of scary fun.


School Library Journal
Oversized pages covered with tall, leafy green trees set the stage for and reinforce the mood of this farcical tale of lost teddies. Reminiscent of McCloskey's Blueberries for Sal (Viking, 1948), the story tells of the mix-up of two stuffed toys, one belonging to a small boy and the other to a giant bear. The rhyming text will keep readers turning pages, while their fear of the unknown and the ensuing visual absurdity will keep them riveted. Although the real bear looms ominously large at first, he becomes less of a threat once it becomes clear that his only concern is his own teddy and not the trembling boy. Children will be reassured to find that creatures big and small need their steady comforts.