“ Teddy One-Eye is a journey down memory lane from one of our finest authors, illustrator Gavin Bishop. Bishop has also won Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, among many other awards. This autobiography of a teddy bear is a Notable Book 2015. It is Bishop's own boyhood told through the recollection of his much-loved bear. The audience is nominally junior readers. But details like the red trike with the tray on the back, fudge cake in a lunch tin and Teddy One-Eye himself will open up myriad other recollections for the first baby-boomers and their older siblings. It is a book for grandparents to read aloud to up to 10 year olds, filling it out with their own memories, answering the many questions modern children would have ... oh, the memories Teddy stirs up. ”
Barbara Else, NZ Books
“ Gavin Bishop tells it superbly ... This novel is for everyone. Grandparents should read it to their grandchildren and parents read it because it is wonderful. If you can get it off your children ... Do yourself a favour and read it. ”
Bob Docherty, Bob's Book Blog
“ And, my oh my, what a WONDERFUL book!!!!!!! I cried non-stop from Chapter 22 . . . Mr Bishop should be pounded on the back for creating such a delightful book. A wee classic in the making. ”
Kate Stone
EBook
9781775537281
October 3, 2014
Random House New Zealand
224 pages
