By Frances Stickley (author) , Lucy Fleming (illustrator)
"A touching story that captures that all-important and loving dynamic between a child and a bear"
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A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month July 2023
When Bear is chosen from a toy shop by a smiling little girl with bouncy red hair he immediately knows what it is to be loved.
Harriet names him Blue and knows just how to look after him. She strokes his fur, and never, ever leaves him behind. Until, one day she does - by mistake! Poor Bear! He is alone on the beach and he didn’t even get to say goodbye.
Homeless and loveless, Bear has moments of company but many, many more moments of just being alone. Time passes until, years later, Bear turns up at a summer fete and another little girl with bouncy red hair falls in love with him and gets her mum to buy him…
A neatly circular story that captures that all-important and loving dynamic between a child and a toy. Readers will always treat their toys with more care after reading this!
The touching story of a little girl and her beloved teddy bear, lost and reunited, from award-winning author Frances Stickley.
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Harriet never goes anywhere without her beloved bear Blue, so when they become separated he knows that Harriet must be searching for him. Blue might be lost, but he never loses hope. Days, months and years pass, until one day Blue finds himself on a stall at a summer fete. He catches sight of a little girl who looks just like Harriet... but it can't be, wouldn't she be grown up by now? And why does the little girl's mum look so familiar to him?
Adult and child alike will fall in love with Blue the bear in this story of the everlasting and pure love between a teddy bear and his little girl.
Frances Stickley grew up in Nottingham and Norwich, where she spent much of her time making up poems and dressing up her dog. She is a trained children's literacy specialist and a primary school teacher who is happiest when she is covered in paint or stuck in a book. Frances first realised her love for writing with the poem, 'My Dad's Milkfloat', when she was six.
In 2017, Frances was the winner of the Bloomsbury and National Literacy Trust short story prize. She lives with her family and a big-eared dog called Babbage. When she is not writing, you'll probably find her in a forest playing dragons with her daughters.
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The touching story of a little girl and her beloved teddy bear, lost and reunited, from award-winning author Frances Stickley. Harriet never goes anywhere without her beloved bear Blue, so when they become separated he knows that Harriet must be searching for him.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed A Bear Called Blue and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-4 years old
A Bear Called Blue features in the following genres: Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month, Recommendations, Animal Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Traditional Tales, Featured Books for 3+ readers
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A Bear Called Blue was written by Frances Stickley and published by Andersen Press an imprint of Andersen Press Ltd
A Bear Called Blue has 32 pages
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