Puchatek, Uszatek, Fantazy… i spółka. Miś w literaturze dla dzieci

Abstract

This article presents the texts for children, both Polish and foreign, whose hero was a plush toy, a teddy bear. The object of the description were books: Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by AA Milne, a series of Bear Fantazy by Ewa Karwan-Jastrzębska, a series of Bear Uszatek by Czesław Janczarski, Przygody misia Kazimierza by Paulina Wilk, Pamiętnik Czarnego Noska by Janina Porazińska, Bohaterski Miś by Bronisława Ostrowska and Tomi Ungerer’s Otto. The place of action were both fantastic land, as well as the real world – a flat, a nursery, a farm, etc. It was noted that the plush toys differed in the degree of anthropomorphizing and their adventures in addition to the entertainment value, also provide educational content. The creators of literary texts presented the story both from the point of view of an omniscient narrator, and appealed to the form of a diary and autobiography, whose "authors" were forms of teddy bears.