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Do you have a favorite bear character from childhood? There are so many good ones. My favorite as a kid was my Teddy Ruxpin doll. Do you remember Teddy Ruxpin? He was so cute, and he could "read" stories to me. I rewound that cassette tape that he came with over and over again. It was great!

Here are our picks for the best books with classic bear characters.

We're Going on a Bear Hunt (Classic Board Books)

By Helen Oxenbury, Michael Rosen

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

By Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle

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The Complete Tales of Winnie-The-Pooh

By A. A. Milne

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A Bear Called Paddington

By Michael Bond

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Corduroy

By Don Freeman

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Little Bear (An I Can Read Book)

By Elsa Holmelund Minarik, Maurice Sendak

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Do you know a preschooler who loves to play guessing games? My four year old loves for me to think of an object/animal and give him clues as to what it is. When he figures it out, he shouts out his guess and laughs. It's something I do when we have to wait and be still and relatively quiet - grocery check out line, doctor's office.

This cute little book that I found at a thrift store recently is just like the little guessing game we like to play, and my son loved it!

Here are some of the questions.

Give it a guess before you turn the page!

What am I ?

Guess!

Little Golden Books are just the best! The classic ones are always favorites at our house. Do you have any Little Golden Books that you can't live without?