Teddy Edward

Contributed by Elizabeth Phillips

From the book "Around the World with Teddy Edward" ...

"Teddy Edward, created by Patrick and Mollie Matthews, has been a favourite with children on BBC Television for over ten years and is also known to thousands of young readers from his many adventures in different parts of the world, including Timbuktu and Mount Everest, which have sold nearly a million books."

The book was published in 1981 but Patrick Matthews has had the copyright since 1962. This bear got everywhere and has the pictures to prove it. He appears with camels, at Victoria falls, at the pyramids, in front of the Taj Mahal, up Everest, in China, Australia, Fiji, America, Canada, The North Pole, Russia, ...... Lets just say he got about a lot! Not only did he travel on strange animals but he had his very own jeep and helicopter (picture). VIB stands for very important bear ! Teddy Edward is very famous among bear lovers (over a certain age!). His owners travelled around the world and took photos of their beloved bear. If I remember correctly they got so many that they made it into a program.