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The World of Teddy Ruxpin #1
The Airship: Discover a Whole New World
Welcome to the Land of Grundo. Would you like to be our friend?
- GenresChildrensPicture Books
26 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 1985
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December 26, 2015
The book, by itself, makes no sense. We did not have the cassette mentioned. Maybe it makes a difference? Otherwise a pointless book. good art though!
September 16, 2021
This was one of those toys I had as a child in what seemed like a very long time ago and when I had to share such toys with my younger siblings. I remember the toy and how it worked but I don't actually remember listening to the story that came as a cassette. Anyway these stories were a bit of the fables that were quite common for the age such as with the Serendipity series so in a sense they were a bit of a dime a dozen.
As a result of the time gone by I just had to look it up and did find out that the included cassette definitely had more going on for the story than the actual follow-along books. As a result there is almost quite no point in reading the books separate but I am also not sure whether anyone has posted any of the Ruxpin stories so you can follow along if you only have the books like I do.
The Airship is pretty much the first book of the series as it introduces you to the main players such as Teddy, Grubby, Gimmick and Leota. Otherwise with a few exceptions the other books seem to be perfectly fine as standalone although the introduction of the Wogglies for instance may want to be pushed after the first just so you have an idea of which characters you are dealing with when you come upon them.
From there the books seemed to fit into two different categories - books and music books. The books of the series included a very limited amount of words per page and due to the briefness seem to leap from point-to-point since again the filling may have been on the tape. As for the other type these are much longer and wordier but as my much suffering husband said they are so repetitive why can't we get them to stop. The music books seem to come with more lessons to readers while the books are just concept art.
Being the first book of the series and the one that introduces the reader to the Land of Grundo there isn't really much to learn. At this point the book is just a peace offering given to the reader in the hope to charm the child into wanting to be with their Teddy Ruxpin doll - stories and all.
As a result of the time gone by I just had to look it up and did find out that the included cassette definitely had more going on for the story than the actual follow-along books. As a result there is almost quite no point in reading the books separate but I am also not sure whether anyone has posted any of the Ruxpin stories so you can follow along if you only have the books like I do.
The Airship is pretty much the first book of the series as it introduces you to the main players such as Teddy, Grubby, Gimmick and Leota. Otherwise with a few exceptions the other books seem to be perfectly fine as standalone although the introduction of the Wogglies for instance may want to be pushed after the first just so you have an idea of which characters you are dealing with when you come upon them.
From there the books seemed to fit into two different categories - books and music books. The books of the series included a very limited amount of words per page and due to the briefness seem to leap from point-to-point since again the filling may have been on the tape. As for the other type these are much longer and wordier but as my much suffering husband said they are so repetitive why can't we get them to stop. The music books seem to come with more lessons to readers while the books are just concept art.
Being the first book of the series and the one that introduces the reader to the Land of Grundo there isn't really much to learn. At this point the book is just a peace offering given to the reader in the hope to charm the child into wanting to be with their Teddy Ruxpin doll - stories and all.
April 25, 2019
Es el primer libro que me regalaron en inglés hace muchísimos ayeres.
Era el favorito de mi infancia y para mi fortuna aún lo conservo, maltratado, rayado y roto, pero aún está en mi librero.
Era el favorito de mi infancia y para mi fortuna aún lo conservo, maltratado, rayado y roto, pero aún está en mi librero.
November 30, 2019
This would be a good book for second or third grade levels. It has some nice vocabulary words for that age.
November 15, 2021
Very basic and disjointed. Perhaps it went with the cassettes?
February 6, 2022
Revisiting this story and seeing all these wonderful illustrations and hearing that voice again was very nostalgic it was like seeing a long lost friend
March 2, 2025
I love you, Teddy Ruxpin. Your Friend is what I’d always like to be
November 26, 2012
Simple story featuring Teddy Ruxpin. I remember this talking bear doll that would read stories aloud to children from seeing commercials on television during my own childhood. I never had one, but probably wanted it.
This book was at my husband's Grandmother's house and I read it during our visit during Thanksgiving. It's a fast read, humorous and short enough to keep the attention spand of young children. The illustrations are colorful and depict the cute bear just as I remember him.
This book was at my husband's Grandmother's house and I read it during our visit during Thanksgiving. It's a fast read, humorous and short enough to keep the attention spand of young children. The illustrations are colorful and depict the cute bear just as I remember him.
April 12, 2011
This is a great book to introduce a new literary technique to children, a script. The book is written not in quotations but by what each character is saying with their name above their speech. This will show kids how a script works. This would also be a great book to allow children to act out of read as a choral reading.
July 26, 2021
I love these Teddy Ruxpin cassette stories. The adventure is just beginning...
The airship is really clever, Gimmick always has neat inventions. This is one of his better ones.
Teddy and Grubby are on a quest to find the treasure of Grundo.
They run into trouble and meet a Woodsprite on the way...
The airship is really clever, Gimmick always has neat inventions. This is one of his better ones.
Teddy and Grubby are on a quest to find the treasure of Grundo.
They run into trouble and meet a Woodsprite on the way...
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