Four stories about a boy and his special friend, a huge magical bear Like many young children, Anthony has a teddy bear. But a teddy can't help him when the big kids are being horrible, and telling him he's too little to play with them. So Anthony goes to his blackboard and chalks a huge bear, who then magically comes to life. Now everyone wants to play with Anthony - and no big kid dares to try and bully him. Blackboard Bear is a wonderful ally and companion, although he can be a bit of a liability at times - such as when he goes out at night and raids the neighbours' blueberries, goldfish and honey! Told entirely through dialogue, these four stories are designed to appeal to a small child's imagination. Martha Alexander is also the author of "You're a Genius, Blackboard Bear", "'A', You're Adorable", "Good Night, Lily", "Where's Billy?", "Billy and Lily" and "Billy's Boot".

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1995 by Walker Books Ltd .

Sidney Lippman says, "Making an illustrated children's book out of the song is such a natural idea that I'm amazed the process wasn't reversed--that the children's book didn't come first, followed by the song. " Martha Alexander says, "I've never had so much fun illustrating a book. My editor and art director said, 'No limits--do it the way you want. ' That really freed me. I especially loved putting the baby animals in the pictures. "