UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                         TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                     Date of report (Date of earliest event
                            reported) April 27, 2006

                           Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

              Delaware                 001-32320              43-1883836
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          (State or Other             (Commission           (IRS Employer
          Jurisdiction of             File Number)        Identification No.)
           Incorporation)


       1954 Innerbelt Business Center Drive                    63114
               St. Louis, Missouri                       ------------------
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     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                 (314) 423-8000
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Item 2.02.        Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
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         On April 27, 2006, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (the "Company") issued a
press release announcing, among other things, total revenue, net income, net
retail sales, gross margin and diluted earnings per share for the first quarter
of fiscal 2006. The press release also included expected earnings and diluted
earnings per share for the full year of fiscal 2006. A copy of the press release
is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. The
description of the press release contained herein is qualified in its entirety
by the full text of such exhibit.

Item 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d)  Exhibits

Exhibit Number    Description of Exhibit
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99.1              Press Release dated April 27, 2006




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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                            BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC.



Date: April 27, 2006               By:      /s/ Tina Klocke
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                                            Name:   Tina Klocke
                                            Title:  Chief Financial Bear,
                                                    Secretary and Treasurer


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number    Description of Exhibit
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99.1              Press Release dated April 27, 2006


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