Where's My Teddy? Written & Illustrated by Jez Alborough

Alborough, Jez. Where's My Teddy?. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1992. Print. 24 pages
Age Group:	0 to 4 years
Book Format:	Picture Book
Annotation:	A picture book with a minimal amount of words that rhyme about a small boy that goes looking for his lost teddy bear. During his search he comes across a real large bear with the same problem, and it ends with both finding each other’s teddy.
Personal Reaction:	This story lends itself to many retellings and sharing good times between parent and child. The illustrations give the reader the feel of being in a dark forest and ultimately shows that it is shared by other creatures that can be as afraid as we can be in that type of situation.
Keywords/Tags:	Fiction, Teddy Bears, Bears
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:	Vocabulary Skills ~Develop and increase emergent literacy skills and vocabulary Print Motivation ~Increase interest in and enjoyment of books Visual Literacy Skills ~Pictures have meanings Reading Readiness, which includes understanding that ~Pages turn from right to left ~Books have a front, back and right side up ~Stories have structure and development of a sense of story Print Awareness ~Provide a language enrichment environment ~Show the importance of and provide an opportunity for young readers to listen, observe, imitate, and practice language while interacting with books. Narrative Skills ~Young readers will be able to re-tell a story based on the illustrations in Picture Books Phonological Awareness ~Enhanced by guessing rhymes