Fisher-Price Story Telling Bear

My daughter is really into Bear in the Big Blue House. If you haven't seen the programme its aimed at young children and is about a Big Bear and all his friends (Tutter the mouse, Pip & Pop the otters, OJ a small bear and Treelow which I haven't worked out what he/she is yet!) who all live in a Big Blue House. It is quite educational and Bear greets you and sniffs you (which my daughter loves!) every programme. There is usually a theme where they learn something new ie; about sharing and there is a song or two along the way. There is also shadow who tells a short nursery story (she really is a ... more

I love reading to my children, seeing the joy that stories can bring to a child really makes my day. Sometimes though I find I'm just too busy to sit and read with them. You know what it's like, you've got a million and one things to do and the kids just want a story. Now on occasions I have been a little bit naughty and dropped everything to sit down with a good book, after all, the chores can wait, the early years with your children can't. On other occasions however I've found it impossible to stop what I'm doing, at teatimes for example so the stories have had to wait. Now my daughter ... more