<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950138-19-000421.txt : 20190805
<SEC-HEADER>0000950138-19-000421.hdr.sgml : 20190805
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20190805161011
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950138-19-000421
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190726
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190805
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190805

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Kanen David
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001681743

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32320
		FILM NUMBER:		19998714

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6429 NW 65TH WAY
		CITY:			PARKLAND
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33067

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BUILD A BEAR WORKSHOP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001113809
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-HOBBY, TOY & GAME SHOPS [5945]
		IRS NUMBER:				431883836
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0202

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1954 INNERBELT BUSINESS CENTRE DRIVE
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63114
		BUSINESS PHONE:		314-423-8000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1954 INNERBELT BUSINESS CENTRE DRIVE
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63114
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<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2019-07-26</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001113809</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BUILD A BEAR WORKSHOP INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BBW</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001681743</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Kanen David</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1954 INNERBELT BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ST. LOUIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>63114</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>52584</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>867584</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Kanen Wealth Management, LLC</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>525007</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>The Philotimo Fund, LP</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This Form 3 is filed jointly by David Kanen, Kanen Wealth Management, LLC (&quot;KWM&quot;) and The Philotimo Fund, LP (collectively, the &quot;Reporting Persons&quot;). Each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to be a member of a group that may be deemed to collectively beneficially own approximately 9.6% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of Common Stock. The filing of this Form 3 shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are, for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;), the beneficial owners of any securities of the Issuer he or it does not directly own.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Mr. Kanen beneficially owns, pursuant to the beneficial ownership rules of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, 1,445,175 shares of Common Stock, which represent approximately 9.6% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of Common Stock. Pursuant to such beneficial ownership rules, Mr. Kanen, as the managing member of KWM, may be deemed to beneficially own the 920,168 shares of Common Stock held in customer accounts managed by KWM (including the 52,584 shares held in Mr. Kanen's account) and the 525,007 shares of Common Stock held by The Philotimo Fund, LP, of which KWM is the general partner. Mr. Kanen expressly disclaims such beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. Mr. Kanen does not have a pecuniary interest under Section 16 of the Exchange Act in the shares of Common Stock held in customer accounts managed by KWM other than the 52,584 shares held in Mr. Kanen's account.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">KWM does not have a pecuniary interest in the shares of Common Stock held in customer accounts managed by KWM. The number reflected above excludes 52,584 shares held in Mr. Kanen's account as described in footnote 2 above.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>EXHIBIT LIST  - Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney for David Kanen, Kanen Wealth Management, LLC and The Philotimo Fund, LP</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Eric R. Fencl, as Attorney-in-Fact for the Reporting Persons</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-08-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>kanenpoa_082019.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR DAVID KANEN, KANEN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC AND THE PHILOTIMO FUND LP
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
FORMS 3, 4 AND 5

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Sharon Price John, Voin Todorovic and Eric Fencl, and each of them,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

	(1)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
	capacity as an officer and/or director of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
	(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
	Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder
	(the "Exchange Act");

	(2)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
	undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
	such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
	thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and
	Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
	foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
	to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
	being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
	behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
	such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-
	fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 5th day of August, 2019.

	/s/ David L. Kanen
	____________________________________
	David L. Kanen

	By: /s/ David L. Kanen
	____________________________________
	Kanen Wealth Management LLC,
	By: David L. Kanen, Managing Member

	By:/s/ David L. Kanen
	____________________________________
	The Philotimo Fund
	By:  David L. Kanen

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