Adventure Series

The Adventure Series, sometimes colloquially known as the Book & Tape Series, or just The World of Teddy Ruxpin, are the storybooks of the original stories and songs designed to be used with the talking toy, and their accompanying media, whether it be in cassette tape form or otherwise.

Original Series (1985)[]

The original Adventure Series ran from 1985 to 1988 and was produced jointly by Alchemy II and Worlds of Wonder, Teddy Ruxpin's production company at the time. The books were hardcover and until later titles, only had a portion of the words printed in them. Later incarnations of the toy used the same titles from the original series, but usually only about a dozen per release. The first Teddy Ruxpin by WOW is the only release to contain all the stories.

The first iteration of the Adventure Series utilized cassette tapes program Teddy's movements. Each set came packaged with the book and corresponding tape, and is the origin of the "book & tape series" colloquial moniker. Using specialized frequencies on one stereo channel, the tape could be played on either side in order to control the mouth and eye movements. These tapes, while of decent quality, could sometimes cause problems as they needed to play perfectly in order to animate the Teddy toy correctly.

The original lineup of stories is as follows:

Promotional and Undocumented Stories[]

NOTE: The dates listed on these pages may be inaccurate, as well as the documentation of certain titles. Please browse with caution.

Teddy Ruxpin P.O.P. Display Tape
Teddy Ruxpin and Grubby Display Tape
Teddy Ruxpin Greatest Hits
In Support of Missing Children
Teddy Ruxpin Visits The Dentist
Adventure in The Snow (Instant Quaker Oatmeal)
Crest and Teddy Ruxpin- Sales Tape
Crest Dental Promotion
Welcome to the Fire Station
Fire Station Facilitator Instructional Tape
Fire Station Lesson I: Get Down and Roll
Fire Station Lesson II: Cool It
Water Safety Message
Japanese Hinamatsuri Tape
U.K. Teddy Ruxpin Message - Never Go With Strangers
California Table Grape Commission - Special Teddy Ruxpin Tape
Special Teddy Ruxpin Sales Tape - Larry/Rank Retail
Welcome to the Hospital
Teddy Ruxpin & The Forest Animals (Unreleased)

Playskool/ "Little WOW" Series (1990-1996)[]

Playskool Adventure Series Box — The original Playskool Adventure Series package for "The Mushroom Forest (Adventure Series)"

When Worlds of Wonder ceased production of their original Teddy Ruxpin toy, they developed a much smaller version that was released in 1990, and was later picked up to be used as the Playskool Teddy Ruxpin. The books were now paperback, and contained all of the words to the story.

Due to their smaller size, these Adventure Series tapes came on cartridges that were similar to small 8 Tracks. These cartridges are not as easy to use as cassettes, as there is no stopping point or way to tell where they are in the story.

As Teddy was no longer as popular, only thirteen of the original thirty-eight stories were released. Those titles are: The Airship, The Do-Along Songbook, Fire Safety, Gizmos and Gadgets, Grundo Beach Party, Lost in Boggley Woods, The Mushroom Forest, "Quiet, Please", Safe at Home With Teddy Ruxpin, Teddy Ruxpin Lullabies I&II, Water Safety, and Wooly and the Giant Snowzos.