The teddy bear has been in our lives for over 100 years now. In that time he has many books written about him. The most famous of course is the adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh is a series of books written by A.A. Milne, about an adventurous teddy bear. Pooh, and his friends, Rabbit, Tigger, Christopher, Owl, Piglet, Kanga and Roo, have great adventures in the hundred acre wood.

Coming from darkest Peru is the Paddington Bear. His creator, Michael Bond, has written several books about the teddy bear who now resides with the brown family at 32 Windsor Gardens. Paddington is a teddy bear with both paws planted on the ground. This bear has strong feelings on what is right and what is wrong, and hates bureaucratic red tape. He doesn’t like the silly rules humans surround themselves with. Paddington sometimes conduct himself in a human way, but You should know that he could never be human. As he is often says, “It just wouldn’t work.”

The Care Bears had books written about them too. Care bears are teddy bears that have a message and a lesson to teach us about how we should conduct our lives. Each Care Bear has a personal motif written on their tummies and a personal motto they dedicate their bear lives to.

The mischievous bear who got his start as a comic strip in a London newspaper (and still appears there) is called Rupert. Rupert has had books about him called Annuals, put together yearly, of the comic strips appearing in the paper the entire year. This has been going on for over a 50 years now.

As far as poems go, The Care Bears and Winnie the Pooh have both had poetry written about them. I don’t know about Paddington Bear and Rupert, but I wouldn’t be a bit surprised.

All of the teddy bears mentioned above been written about and drawn but together with that, they all have their own animated television shows. Just look at the listings on PBS, BBC, The Disney Channel and other station where cartoons are shown. You can also look for Yogi and Boo-Boo bear on Boomerang. Baloo bear, from The Jungle Book, has his own cartoon called Tailspins. You can even find his show on some of the above mentioned cartoon stations.

Other, less famous teddy bears can be found living in houses (like Paddington Bear), stores, web sites, museums, and factories waiting to be adopted. There are many talented teddy bear artists and manufacturers, who have brought some pretty amazing bears to life and are still working very hard to enrich our lives with some new ones.

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