Big Book of the Berenstain Bears

The Big Book of the Berenstain Bears
(2007)

I bought this for my nephew on the occasion of the birth of his little Brother. It has five
Berenstain Bears stories in it including:

The Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor,
The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room
, The Berestain Bears in the Dark,
The Berenstain Bears and the Sitter,
and The Berenstain Bears' New Baby

The Publisher recommends it for Ages 4-8

I highly recommend this for fans of The Berenstain Bears as a "starter book", especially if you have a new baby in the house.

Gunner September, 2010

My 2 1/2 year old grandaughter already has an interest in books and she absolutely loved this book. I looked in the book when she was finished and realized that the
pictures vividly tell the story - she didn't even need anyone to read it to her
- she quietly sat looking at the book for a long time. When I did read it to her
the words were sparse and well written - just perfect for her age.

My daughter really loves this collection of books. She loves all the stories. I like most of the stories, except the "new baby" one, which was okay but didn't really have any examples that helped our daughter deal with a new baby. We cannot read the "afraid of the dark" story at bedtime because it seems to make her think more about being a afraid of the dark. We read it during the day use it as a springboard for discussion about the dark. Also, in this collection of stories, Papa is not protrayed as an oaf (though he does deny being sick in the "go to the doctor" story.) Overall, this is an excellent purchase, particularly for the price.

I read this series as a kid, and am more than thrilled to have found it for my own children. It is now a must read for bedtime. My sons favorite is the berenstain bears and the messy room-its especially applicable for him!

While I am thrilled that the stories always have some form lesson attached, I now see a little of the "male bashing" others have referred to. I never picked up on it as a kid, but as an adult, the somewhat simplistic and ignorant goofiness of papa bear strikes a chord with me. It doesn't detract too much from how I perceive the series as a whole, but it does sour the memories a bit!

However, having grown up with this, I just want to stress that I had no conception of the weakness of papa bear. Though I will allow that other children may catch on. So far, my sons haven't, and that's just fine. After all, mistakes are a part of being human, and we can't pretend that either of the parents from this story (though they are bears and not people), are meant to be unrealistically perfect.

My little boy likes most of these stories, but they aren't the very best of the Berenstain Bears stories. Not a bad introduction. We'd buy it again.

Its a great collection. If you're not familiar with the Berenstain Bears, let me be the first to tell you, you have just found your new favorite literary characters. The illustrations are so unique and precise. The stories are heartfelt, realistic and give good advice. I use these stories for a lot of the moral lessons for my children.

As the reviewer who made the one star rated review said, I'll add to that as well.

Growing up in the 1980's most (if not all) of us remember it being The Berenstein Bears (pronounced like beren-steeen), not this Berenstain, said like "Stain". The people who do actually swear it is BerenSTAin usually are younger than about 30 or didnt have the books in the 70's/80's but got them closer to late 90's. A HUGE amount of ppl ages 30+ absolutely will swear on their life they know it was Berenstein. Many even recall picturing papa bear with a beer stein in his hand which you would never do with the name ending in Stain.
The Family stated their name and book titles never changed, which is true.
Why is this important? It's not the only memory that appears to be "wrong" that these ppl all share.
See mandela effect dot com
Something very very strange has happened or is happening that requires people pay attention and research this.

PS if you find your old Berenstein Bears book in your moms Attic or basement that you Know will say stein, wrongo! It will have the stain ending.
In the 80's theme song when they sing it, it's now Berenstain and sounds Soo weird!!

Growing up I never actually read any of the Berenstain Bear books. I always liked to look at the covers, but I was more or less into Clifford. Fast forward 26 years and I'm trying to give my 3 year old daughter a good variety of books to encourage a love of reading. She likes this Berenstain Bears book, I can't say it's one of my favorites to read however. The language used in the book is awkward at times, perhaps intentionally. I was kind of surprised in the first story when Sister Bear is born, she punches her Brother Bear in the face. I find no problem with my daughter reading this, because I see it for what it is, but I know at least one couple who would object to this sort of thing from being in books their child reads. The morals in the Berenstain Bear books are great, the pictures are great, and the stories themselves are entertaining for children. As long as my daughter keeps asking for the book I'll gladly read it, but she definitely prefers the less wordy Little Critter books at her age.

I loved these books when I was a kid, so I bought this for my three year old son. Five great stories for a great price! We’ve read from it every night since we got it. He loves it, and the stories usually have a nice lesson.

Great stories and great deal! My boys enjoy these.