“Board book” from late 60s or early 70s about teddy bear family – photographs of teddy bears doing things like eating at a table, other everyday activities. The pages had a green background and were on glossy heavy cardboard with rounded edges.
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Thanks! But not the Berenstain Bears – these were photographs of posed teddy bears.
What style were the photographs – colour or black and white? Tadasu Izawa and Shigemi Hijikata were Japanese authors/artists who used ‘puppet dolls’ in their illustrations. The book were usually printed on heavy cardboard with rounded edges. I had several of their books and they did a couple with bears ‘Teddy bear, Teddy bear’ which is based on the well known poem and ‘The Bear Family’ which shows the bears doing daily activities – the children playing with a ball, mother bear cooking, father bear sawing. However the illustrations don’t have green backgrounds. It was published in 1971 by Wonder Books, New York.
They were color photos – very 3D looking. This is helpful. Thanks so much!
Did you look at Dare Wright books ? The Lonely Doll etc . These were black and white photos of posed stuffed animals and a doll ,
One was Holiday for Edith and the Bears .
is this the book?
https://www.google.com/search?q=Tadasu+Izawa+teddy+bear&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwix_-7WyvPSAhWI2SYKHfXIBD8Q_AUIBigB&biw=1230&bih=495#imgrc=p_SDLt5uvw5EuM:
I definitely think it’s one of the Izawa books, and my memory could be wrong about the green background. Thanks to both of you for your help!