The Perfect Bear - Gillian Shields

There was a girl who had a white bear, with gleaming soft fur and a magic key that makes him sing a song. The bear is somewhat conceited and thinks himself perfect: so perfect in his finery that when an old pink rabbit asks him what his name is, he says it's "Do-not-touch". Alas, the girl doesn't know that: she wants to play with the bear and she takes him to the beach, to the garden and splashes him with paint when doing his picture. After a bath, the bear isn't very white nor very soft any more, and after his broken music box is taken out and stitched with black thread, he's just any old bear. The girl loves him even more - after all he's more cuddly now - ...  Read the complete review