Jez Alborough

About the Author

Jez Alborough was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey in 1959. After secondary school, Jez went to Art School in Norwich. After college, he spent two years as an editorial illustration freelancer, before he started writing and illustrating his own children's books. In 1984 his first book, Bare show more Bear, was published and in 1985 Jez was runner-up in The Mother Goose Award for this book. He has now written and illustrated over thirty books for children Alborough and 500 schoolchildren in London embraced each other for fifteen seconds in a giant "hugathon," raising nearly six thousand dollars for charity and earning a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in celebration of the publication of his book Hug. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

Works by Jez Alborough

Popular Recent

Where's My Teddy? (1992) 1,635 copies

Hug (2000) 1,357 copies

Duck in the Truck (2000) 873 copies

My Friend Bear (1998) 591 copies

It's the Bear! (1948) 586 copies

Cuddly Dudley (1993) 409 copies

Ice cream bear (1989) 346 copies

Hit the Ball Duck (2005) 344 copies

Some Dogs Do (2003) 289 copies

Fix-It Duck (2001) 256 copies

Watch Out! Big Bro's Coming! (1997) 250 copies

Tall (2005) 223 copies

Captain Duck (2002) 177 copies

Super Duck (2008) 173 copies

The Gobble, Gobble, Moooooo Tractor Book (2010) 162 copies

Hello Beaky! (1898) 146 copies

Yes (2006) 124 copies

Washing Line (1993) 88 copies

Duck's Key: Where Can It Be? (2004) 72 copies

Billy the Goat's Big Breakfast (2013) 52 copies

Hide-and-Seek: A Flip-the-Flap Book (Flip and Find) (1994) 49 copies

Where's My Teddy? And Other Stories (2001) — Author — 44 copies

Albert and Little Henry (2015) 41 copies

Ssssh! Duck Don't Wake the Baby (2007) 37 copies

Duck's Day Out (1900) 35 copies

Six Little Chicks (2012) 33 copies

Nat the Cat's Sunny Smile (2013) 24 copies

Play (2017) 24 copies

Balloon (1998) 23 copies

Duck to the Rescue (2005) 22 copies

Where's My Teddy? and It's the Bear! (1999) 18 copies

There's Something at the Mail Slot (1994) 17 copies

Bare Bear (1984) 16 copies

Guess What Happened at School Today (2003) 14 copies

Whose Socks Are Those?: A Flip-the-Flap Book (Flip and Find) (1999) 14 copies

Can You Jump Like a Kangaroo? (1996) 11 copies

Esther's Trunk (1988) 10 copies

Willoughby Wallaby (1986) 8 copies

The Grass is Greener (1987) 8 copies

The Great Games Book (Picturemacs) (1985) 7 copies

Mathematics Together (Maths Together: Yellow Set) (1999) 6 copies

Hugo the Hare's Rainy Day (2014) 6 copies

Eddy and the Bear in Brave Knights (Eddy & the Bear) (2002) 5 copies

HUG - And Other Bobo Stories (Hardback) (2008) 4 copies

Shake Before Opening (1992) 4 copies

The Latest Craze (Eddy & the Bear) (2002) — Author — 4 copies

Can You Peck Like a Hen? (1996) 3 copies

The Clock's Story (Featherby house fables) (1988) 3 copies

The Fantastic Book of Board Games (1985) 3 copies

The Mirror's Story (Featherby house fables) (1988) 3 copies

The Candle's Story (Featherby house fables) (1988) 3 copies

Best Things in Life (Eddy & the Bear S.) (2002) 3 copies

Running Bear (1986) 3 copies

Look Out, Leon! (2010) 3 copies

Cadê O Meu Ursinho? (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2008) 2 copies

Beaky 2 copies

Eddie and the Bear in Big and Small (Eddy & the Bear) (2002) 2 copies

Willoughby Wallaby (Fun-to-read Picture Books) by Jez Alborough (1986-05-22) (1881) 1 copy

Grand (French Edition) by Jez Alborough(2005-10-01) (2005) 1 copy

The Umbrella's Story (Featherby house fables) (1988) 1 copy

Sid (2021) 1 copy

Where's My Teddy Bears 1 copy

Watch Out! Big Bro's Coming 1 copy

Gooble Gooble Moo Moo tractor Book 1 copy

O PATO ATOLADO 1 copy

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Associated Works

Martin's Mice (1988) — Illustrator, some editions — 600 copies

Can You Hear Me, Grandad? (Share-A-Story) (1986) — Illustrator — 12 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1959
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Places of residence: Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, UK (birth)
Education: Norwich School of Art
Occupations: illustrator

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Reviews

It's the Bear! by Jez Alborough

A child goes on a picnic with his teddy bear. A big bear comes with his teddy bear and eats the picnic.

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B-Chad | 3 other reviews | Jul 3, 2023 |

Cupboard bear by Jez Alborough

I’m not super enthused about the messaging of this book and leaving chores til “later” but it can be used as a discussion point.

A fun inclusion for a winter read when a storm is coming and you make snow icecream.

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FamiliesUnitedLL | 2 other reviews | Apr 16, 2023 |

Where's My Teddy? by Jez Alborough

Genre
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Pace
Fast-paced
Tone
Funny
Subject
Bears
Boys
Children and bears
Forests
Lost toys
Searching
Teddy bears

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kmgerbig | 37 other reviews | Jan 12, 2023 |

My Friend Bear by Jez Alborough

A cute follow-up to the previous two books deals with loneliness and friendship. It's so fun to read out loud, even if there's no one else in the room.

While putting this book into my LibraryThing collection I was surprised to discover that a short-lived animated series based on the books had aired on British television starting in 2001 and had even generated a spin-off series of books drawn in the cartoon style. I'm almost tempted to seek them out, but I bet they're nowhere as good as Alborough's original books. It may be best to leave well enough alone.… (more)

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villemezbrown | 8 other reviews | Nov 10, 2022 |

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