The Berenstain Bears Learn about Strangers (Berenstain Bears First Time Books)

by Stan Berenstain (Author)

The Berenstain Bears Learn about Strangers (Berenstain Bears First Time Books)
This classic Berenstain Bears story is a perfect way to teach children about strangers and good decision-making!

Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Sister has gotten into a bad habit of talking to strangers, and now it’s up to Papa, Mama, and Brother to show her the important rules of safety. Includes a list of Brother and Sister’s Rules for Cubs and over 50 bonus stickers!
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School Library Journal

K-Gr 2  The familiar Berenstain bear family may help to make a scary subject easier to bear. Brother discourages extrovert Sister from greeting every stranger she meets. Papa tells his children the rules for safe conduct among strangers. After Sister sees the headlines about missing cubs, she over-reacts, seeing every stranger as a threat. This is conveyed by a full-page spread: the top half shows reality, the bottom half shows Sister's scary version. Mama explains the concept of the bad apples in every barrel, literally. A funny looking apple is fine on the inside, but a perfect looking apple is bad on the inside. Finally, the attraction of a toy almost causes usually cautious Brother to go for a ride with a stranger. Sister isn't tattling when she tells her parents, she's just concerned for Brother's safety. The bears' rules are listed on the last page, including one about the privacy of a bear's body, a topic not discussed in the text. A good book to start awareness in young children. - Elise Wendel, Orchard Road School, Skillman, N.J.

Copyright 1985 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission

Stan Berenstain
Stan and Jan Berenstain were both born in 1923 in Philadelphia. They didn't know each other as children, but met later at school, at the Philadelphia College of Art. They liked each other right away, and found out that the both enjoyed the same kinds of books, plays, music and art. During World War II, Stan was a medical assistant in the Army, and Jan worked in an airplane factory. When the war was over, they got married and began to work together as artists and writers, primarily drawing cartoons for popular magazines. After having their two sons Leo and Michael, the Berenstains decided to write some funny children's books that their children and other children could read and enjoy. Their first published children's book was called The Big Honey Hunt. It was about a family of bears, who later became known as the "Berenstain Bears."

Stan and Jan planned all of their books together. They both wrote the stories and created the pictures. They continued to live outside of Philadelphia in the country. There are now over 300 Berenstain Bears books.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780394873343
Lexile Measure
590
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication date
August 12, 1985
Series
Berenstain Bears First Time Books
BISAC categories
JUV002030 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Bears
JUV039000 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General
JUV013000 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General
Library of Congress categories
Bears
Safety
Strangers
Berenstain Bears (Fictitious characters)
Children and strangers

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