Teddy was the instigator of all of this. Somehow he managed to arrange for all of the children’s stuffed animals to hitch a ride to school today. From there they caused mayhem far and wide, from the mess that was formerly the cafeteria to their imaginative use of the finger paint.

They even managed to solve the mystery of what goes on behind the doors of the teachers’ lounge.

This story is really cute and Scott Nash’s illustrations are adorable. The pictures depicting the hijinks of Teddy and his friends are colourful and the stuffed animals are very expressive.

This would have been a five star book for me if not for one problem - the lack of consequences for bad behaviour. Yes, they’re stuffed animals and are just so cuddly, but when Teddy gets a hug and told he didn’t really mean to cause such a ruckus, it’s a bit of a worry.

If you see the faces of these stuffed toys as they’re rampaging through the school, they don’t appear to care about the consequences. They just want to do what they want, when they want to do it. Young readers may have trouble understanding why they have consequences for their bad behaviour when Teddy doesn’t.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Candlewick Press for the opportunity to read this book. I’m rounding up from 3.5 stars.