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Peef: The Christmas Bear

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I had the honor of reading Christmas books to children at the Festival of Trees and Lights in Des Moines, Iowa, to kick off this Christmas season. The children selected Peef: The Christmas Bear for me to read. I had never read this story before. What a tender story! The children were so attentive! By the time I reached the last two pages, I was not sure I could finish the story! I was quite teary eyed! I continued to read it to other childrne throughout the evening. We had the bear to hold during the story. Guess what, when you push his belly, he does go PEEF!

This is a must read! You will get in the holiday spirit! Read it to others, and I promise you they will say Thank You!

This book is cute. Adorable, if you will. I am a 15-year-old boy who just used the words "cute" and "adorable". That's right. I have strayed from the stereotype of a teenager being "too cool" to think anything's cute. Tom Hegg's tale found a way into my heart. Right from the beginning, you can tell the story's going to be good. With the ryhming lines, colorful illustrations, and warm mood, you can't help but read on. In a nutshell, Santa calls upon his elves to aquire different fabrics, with which Santa makes an adorable (there's that word again!) teddy bear. Peef, the Christmas Bear loved dooing oddjobs around the workshop for the Big Guy, but being among these toys made him long for a child to hold him. Watch your entire family's faces light up as you read this beautiful story to them during December (or even Christmas Eve!). This book has the special kind of magic which makes it last through the generations, so that your grandchildren's grandchildren will feel the same joy that you felt when you read it for the first time. Don't miss out on this masterpiece.

I came across this book during a shopping expedition earlier this month. The cover caught my eye and begged to be previewed. As I stood in the store reading the story, I had tears in my eyes. What a wonderful story sharing and caring.

Peef is a wonderful, heartwarming story of love and letting go to fulfill a dream. The illustrations with their vibrant colors help bring the story to life. It has become a Christmas tradition in our house to read Peef on Christmas Eve.

Santa is up to something! He's asked all of his elves to pick out their favorite fabric and bring it to him. Just what is Santa doing? Why he's making a multi-colored Christmas Bear, that when the final stitch is completed and with a push from Santa's finger, the bear speaks his own name...Peef.

Peef is an important bear. He is Santa's chief assistant and dearly loves Santa. But what Peef really wants is to belong to and bring happiness to a special child. That doesn't seem to be Peef's fate until one Christmas Eve when Santa is one toy short. Peef's dream is realized as he is left behind to bring one special child great happiness.

This is a wonderful Christmas story! It wraps up the gift of love, sacrifice and the sense of belonging all in one little bear. The illustrations are spectacular and will draw children and adults alike into the story.

Armchair Interviews says: This book, first introduced in 1995, is sure to become a classic and treasured by all children everywhere who dream of loving that special bear.

No matter how many times I have read this book I can't get through it without getting all choked-up. The illustrations are beautiful and the story is heartwarming.

Last year, at Thanksgiving, my daughter found a small multi-colored bear and a book. Although other similar purchases were soon cast aside, Peef has remained her fast friend for an entire year! This Thanksgiving, all her other stuffed animals got their own table and gave a birthday party for the bear loved for so much of a child's lifetime.

Perhaps this explains why the book has such a hold on us. It is one of the few children's books that still brings a mist to the eyes when read. The style , tone, and pace of the book are all excellent. My one wish? I do wish the publisher would produce a version where the child to whom Peef goes is a girl rather than a boy. I read it to my daughter and her friends that way sometimes...

As in the story, this Peef has made a child very happy. I like to think that he is too.

I first heard Peef when we were reading books to a Sunday school class....lets just say that Peef now has a special place in my heart... even time I think of that cuddly little bear yearning for a child's love I get teary.... A christmas must have.

This book has to be the most heartwrenching, beautifully warm story I have read about Christmas. I can hardly get to the last page without getting teary eyed. It's a very sweet story about the love Santa has for a little bear and all the children of the world. I just love it and would recommend it for anyone for their children for fantastic christmastime reading. It really is a treasure.

My daughter received both the book and the bear as a baby gift, from my aunt who owns a store that sells only teddy bears! That alone says something about the special story of Peef, who loves Santa too much to ask to be given away to a little girl or boy, and Santa, who loves Peef enough to know without being told. This is my favorite children's book, and one of my daughter's favorites, too. The little Peef teddy bear, however, is absolutely her favorite, and has been since she was 9 months old. He is a perfect size for little hands to hold, and is much loved and well-traveled. A copy of the book and the bear is my usual choice for a baby gift, and I am ordering another bear to keep as a "spare"--I am terrified my daughter's bear is going to be lost, and we will never sleep again.