Teddy: The Remarkable Tale of a President, a Cartoonist, a Toymaker and a Bear

by James Sage

The story goes that on a hunting trip in 1902, President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear. "Me? Shoot that little fella?" he said. "Why, if I so much as ruffled his fur, I'd never be able to look my children in the eyes again!" When a political cartoonist shared the story in the newspaper, New York shopkeepers Rosie and Morris Michtom were impressed by the president's big, warm heart. So they decided to create a "Teddy" bear in his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771387955
• ISBN13: 9781771387958
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2