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"Corduroy is a bear in the toy department of a store. He does not look new because one of the buttons on his overalls is missing, but he wants a home of his own." --

This decades-old song describes the teddy bears' grand picnic inthe woods. A record of the song, done by Bing Crosby and The Bearcats, is included in the book.

Winnie-the-Pooh has a certain way about him, a way of doing things that has made him the world's most beloved bear. In The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff shows that Pooh's way is amazingly consistent with the principles of living envisioned by the Chinese founders of Taoism. The author's explanation of Taoism through Pooh, and Pooh through Taoism, shows that this is not simply an ancient and remote philosophy but something you can use, here and now. And...

For a very small boy and a very large bear, life can be lonely when there's no one to talk to. Eddie and the Bear love their teddies, but teddy bears can't talk -- or can they? The lovable, odd-sized pair from Where's My Teddy? meet up in another rollicking read-aloud about funny discoveries and fast friendships, in a format just right for small hands.

Corduroy: Corduroy tries to find his lost button, so that someone will take finally him home from the department store. Yo! Yes?: Two boys become friends and they no longer have to play alone. Here comes the cat!: A village of mice is about to be visited by a cat.

Corduroy must decide on his costume in order to enjoy one of his favorite holidays with his friends.

Bored with sitting on a shelf day after day, a teddy bear sets out on three adventures and inadvertently gets the family dog and cat in trouble.

"Otter tries to find a job for Teddy"--