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The World of Teddy Ruxpin #22
Mushroom Forest: You Can Be Anything You Want To Be (The World of Teddy Ruxpin), The
The story shows the value of self-esteem, and how friends can help you see yourself in a positive way.
26 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1986
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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.
The Mushroom Forest is one of the music books of the series so although there is more going on in the plot there is also quite a bunch of space given to music. This wouldn't be quite so bad unless you are wondering why we have to have such a lengthy song about hide-and-seek although to be fair it does include counting at least up to 20.
Lesson: You can be anything you want to be, even the scientifically impossible can be impossible
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.
The Mushroom Forest is one of the music books of the series so although there is more going on in the plot there is also quite a bunch of space given to music. This wouldn't be quite so bad unless you are wondering why we have to have such a lengthy song about hide-and-seek although to be fair it does include counting at least up to 20.
Lesson: You can be anything you want to be, even the scientifically impossible can be impossible
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