KidsKatchup December/January Issue: Issue 1 KidsKatchup December/January 2013 | Page 6

Jellycats or Gund?

What are JELLYCATS and GUNDS? Jellycats are lovable plush stuffed animals that hail from London, Gunds are German stuffed plushes that have been out longer, but are still in style.

We love our Boo the Dogs... our Pudge Bunnies but what is this craze about? The craze is The Jellycat Jungle VS The Gund Gadzooks! You're probably curious about what these toys are. Jellycats come straight from London, and Gund is American. As you know, there was an online poll and guess who won? JELLYCATS. The reason for this is obvious! Jellycat puts out a new line every other month while Gund rarely puts out a new line. When they do, it's a new line of small Boos. So, Jellycats seem like they are better than Gund... although we love our Boos and many other plushes! What do our readers think? Reader Lucas F. says " I like them equally, and there should be no competition. Jellycats are just as cute and lovable as Gund." On the other hand, reader Liv T. says " I love Boo, so Gund is just better. Jellycats are cute, but too old for kids." I love the Gund plushes I have, but even my parents agree that they enjoyed buying me Jellycats when I was younger the most. My cousins loved Jellycats so much that they got the largest Jellycat they could find for their childhood room as a bean bag and used to fight over it! So, now we all get to say... Long Live Jellycats!