Children's teddy bears get hospital check-ups
Royal Papworth Hospital held an open day as part of the Cambridge Festival to share its work more widely. Visitors of all ...
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Teddy Bear Clinic welcomes kids and toys, promises no needles
The Teddy Bear Clinic at Gigi’s Playhouse Fort Wayne hosts Indiana University Fort Wayne nursing students to practice their technical skills on children or their toy. Nursing students take kids ...
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How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America’s National Toy
In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children thought the toy looked "too much like a rat," and it sold poorly ...