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Edith and Mr. Bear (Edith #5)
by
Dare Wright
Mr. Bear's expensive clock fascinates Edith. She just has to touch it. But when she does, it falls down with a crash. Unable to admit that she has broken it, Edith's guilty conscience makes her so unhappy that she can't even enjoy her birthday party. In fact, Edith feels so badly about lying to Mr. Bear that she contemplates running away. What happens next makes for a time...more
Paperback, 64 pages
Published
March 27th 2000
by Sandpiper
(first published 1972)
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THIS IS A BOOK WHERE... oh, no. i am not doing those anymore. this is a review where i follow alfonso's simple rules:
1. No more than 3 pictures.
2. You need to wave it something about my penis being huge in the review! I know you’ve never seen it! And proly never will! But still! You a good writer! You’ll find a way to praise my penis!
3. You should offend at least 1 good reader besides me!
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1. No more than 3 pictures.
2. You need to wave it something about my penis being huge in the review! I know you’ve never seen it! And proly never will! But still! You a good writer! You’ll find a way to praise my penis!
3. You should offend at least 1 good reader besides me!
4. You’ll need to make a reference to something completely no relevant to the book! Something about your life...more
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It's difficult to fathom the controversy this book raises. Readers "back in the day" were not alarmed by corporal punishment; children at that time -- and I was one of them -- were not surprised that Edith was punished. Since young children are "concrete" thinkers, from a child's perspective: when a rule (or a clock) is broken, there must be balance/correction.
Nowadays the book is not "pc."
Just saying.
Nowadays the book is not "pc."
Just saying.
It still amazes me how Dare Wright got Edith the Doll to look so lifelike. She looks like a real little girl in this book, where she learns the hard way that honesty is the best policy. Children will relate to the story of wanting to run away because they did something wrong. Dare had a great way of capturing the feelings of children. And that photo of Edith in her party dress blowing out the candles? My favorite!
This book must have made a profound impression on me, because I recall reading it at the library when I was no older than 6 or 7. I am going to order it from Amazon -- I read about it in the NYT last year and it jogged my memory. I can't wait to read it as an adult, all these decades later.
The lonely doll series is one that I would check out as often as I could in my elementary school library.
Dare Wright's innovative approach to story telling through photographing toys, has stayed with me my whole life.I wish I had had a girl to buy them for!
Dare Wright's innovative approach to story telling through photographing toys, has stayed with me my whole life.I wish I had had a girl to buy them for!
Always wondered how Dare Wright's therapist felt about some the themes she explores in what is ostensibly a children's book series. I love the imagery of NYC in the early 1960s though.
I love 'Edith and Mr. Bear'! I think every young girl, who is learning, or just learned, to read should have a copy of this book. The black and white photos are amazing and I loved the story.
'Edith and Mr. Bear' is part of the Lonely Doll series. It's about a doll who breaks a clock on her birthday and runs away. Mr. Bear and Little Bear go to find her.
It was one of those books that stayed with me for a very long time, and I was glad that I was able to find it again.
If you can get your hands on...more
'Edith and Mr. Bear' is part of the Lonely Doll series. It's about a doll who breaks a clock on her birthday and runs away. Mr. Bear and Little Bear go to find her.
It was one of those books that stayed with me for a very long time, and I was glad that I was able to find it again.
If you can get your hands on...more
I got this from the library this week, having had another Edith book growing up. The photos are beautiful, the story is timeless. You should make some effort to read Edith.
I think I like the photographs more than the actual story. The emotion that the girl has even though her face never distorts is amazing.
In this sequel to a book in which a teddy bear spanks a doll, (SPOILER ALERT) the same teddy bear spanks the same doll.
Who does Mr. Bear think he is?! He moves into Edith's house and starts bossing her around.
Jan 10, 2011
Shannon Alwaise
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Someone gave this to me when I was really young and it was one of my favorite books.
Another wonderful children's classic by Wright. These books never grow old.
A favorite of mine from childhood!
These books are creepy.
How do you rate a book like this? I remember trying to describe it to Maria way back when we were listing favorites from our childhood. It sounded so horrific, she thought I was making it up, only to find it a week or so later in a bookstore.
It's fascinating and haunting, and I'd never want to own it (though I can understand why others, more artistic than I, would). Something disturbing under the surface, though I did love it as a little girl.
It's fascinating and haunting, and I'd never want to own it (though I can understand why others, more artistic than I, would). Something disturbing under the surface, though I did love it as a little girl.
V. controversial children's book series because it has really kinky pictures of spanking and underpants down. Unforgettable book that people in the 1950s say was so astounding, they wrote to the publisher and now it is in reprint, enjoying a new popularity.
the photos are amazing, this is pre-photoshop and the bear and the doll seem to be actually alive with all the poses.
the photos are amazing, this is pre-photoshop and the bear and the doll seem to be actually alive with all the poses.
Dare Wright was the most fu**ked up children author ever. A family history that is totally gothic in nature - and yet, her work which is so disturbing to look at as an adult was a major hit for the kiddies of the 50's. It is also a work of gothic genius. There has to be a major exhibition and catalogue of her work - now please!
Portal of nostalgia. I like puppets and I like this book. Plus, Dare Wright is fascinating.
One of my favorite books when I was little!
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