I was very excited to see Teddy coming back, he was so cool in the 80s. Unfortunately, he just doesn't measure up to today's toys. I wanted to expose my daughter to reading, but Teddy comes with two books, one in color with pictures and no words, one in black and white with the words. Kate has no interest in the black and white version - how is this going to help her learn to read? Also, volume is very low and he's a lot smaller than he used to be - NOT a good value!!!