It's unfortunate that this is listed as a Baby-Preschool book. I just read it to a group of first graders in our elementary school library, and they were completely engrossed in this tale.Teddy Bear falls asleep dreaming about being a wild bear and wakes up to an ever changing adventure where he meets grizzlies, kangaroos, a koala, a sloth bear, a panda, a spectacled bear, and polar bears, before waking up on the bedroom floor at home.
Janet Slingsby effectively takes children through a rapid array of animal facts (mostly about bears, of course), while dispelling common myths about koalas and pandas being bears. She concludes this story about "running away" with the obvious, and comforting, conclusion that there's no place like home.
Tony Morris' bright water-colors support the text with a realistic, yet dreamy, quality.
I would recommend this to primary teachers when they are discussing the difference of animals, especially bears.
