Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear: A Classic Action Rhyme

by Michael Hague

"Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground." For generations, children of all ages have enjoyed this playful action rhyme. Now bestselling artist Michael Hague brings Teddy to life in some of his most appealing pictures ever. With the help of step-by-step instructions, parents and children will enjoy turning out the light and saying good night! Full color.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Nursery Rhymes, Poetry

Paperback

First published April 23, 1993

About the author

Michael Hague is renowned as the illustrator of many children's classics, including editions of The Wizard Of Oz, Peter Pan, The Hobbit, and The Velveteen Rabbit. He also illustrated The Book of Ghosts, Where Fairies Dance, The Book of Wizards, and The Book of Fairy Poetry as well as wrote and illustrated the graphic novel in The Small. Michael lives with his wife, Kathleen, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Reviews

[Stacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Remember jumping rope at recess to this rhyme? Great illustrations & brought back many memories.

[Rebekah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is great for a younger audience (preschool and kindergarten). Michael Hague also does a great job illustrating the book to be eye catching for its readers. It's perfect for introducing rhyming and getting students to focus on direct word instruction because of the repetition. Repetition can also be a great way to get students to start focusing on what the writer deems to be important and what language is being used. I especially loved looking at this book because I used to read a different version of this book as a kid. A question I would have would be, who originally came up with the rhyme and why?

[Tiff · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is such a simple yet divine picture book for kids. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear is repeated before action words like "turn around". It is a great way to get the kids to get used to simple actions like say good night, turn off the light, go upstairs. Brilliant read for storytime for toddlers and babies.

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to use with young children to introduce rhymes to them. It can be used with early readers to work on fluency and expression when reading orally.

[Katherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

The boys are really into the bedtime ritual of performing the motions to this as Grandma reads it-- and no other reader will do. "Teddy bear, teddy bear, that will do." (take a bow)

[Aaliyah · Rating 5 out of 5]

We have read this book three times. I will check it out again later to see what Aaliyah can remember. :)

[Elaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

The format for this edition was a tiny board book. The vintage illustration is very nice. A young child requested for me to read this book during story hour and enjoyed it very much. The content flowed very well.

[Madison · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a very cute book and would be great to have in my classroom if I were to teach young kids. It would be a great book to have as it is short action rhyme book and would get the kids moving around. I think it would be a good book to have in a classroom of 3-6 year olds.

[Armanda Campbell]

This is the perfect book for young children. This is an action rhyme, so for every page, there is an action that can be acted out. The students would love to do it again and again and soon, they would all have it memorized. Great book to teach rhyme!!

[Cws]

JEPIC-Hag fun one to teach little ones

[Stacy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great action rhyming book.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoy looking at Michael Hague's illustrations, and my preschoolers liked listening to this book.

[Theresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear: A Classic Action Rhyme (Paperback)
by Michael Hague

Companion to the song a the pictures are enduring, and the card stock helps the youngest child or disabled child to handle and enjoy the book. With tips of showing the dance and understanding the movement for adults.

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great book

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Found a note that I read this to my daughter on this date. Other than that, I have no memory of this 15 years later.

[E & E’s Mama · Rating 4 out of 5]

The classic action song with some verses I didn’t know. We enjoyed acting this out with ourselves as well as with stuffed animals. Great for infants to preschoolers

[Tricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

cute version of the classic rhyme. basic...would be great for toddlers.

[Sharon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bring this one out when the boys have Teddy Bear Tea. They don't gravitate to it at other times.