sentences:  During her childhood he was a main focus of her games, and when she was an adult he provided the inspiration for her first illustrated book.He was later joined by other soft toy characters.In 1986 her "Old Bear" was published, and made it into Booklist's "Editor's Choice" list for children's books for that year; in an earlier starred review, Barbara Elleman praised Hissey's use of perspective, texture, and colors.