The Berenstain Bears' New Baby

Small Bear (soon to be renamed as Brother Bear) wakes up one day and finds out his bed is too small for him!

So he and his dad go out to make a new bed. And when he gets home, his old bed is given to his new baby sister.

There was no discussion with Small Bear beforehand that he was going to have a

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new baby sister. There's no discussion in the book about how a baby might affect your life, either for good or bad.

This is not how most people raise children today, I think, nor is it the best way to raise children. Additionally, nowadays it's generally advised that if you're going to hand down the old crib that you dismantle it well before the baby arrives so that your older child doesn't feel directly displaced.

I don't think this book is going to be very useful to anybody expecting a second child.

Incidentally, how much older than Sister is Brother bear? In most books, it's written that they're two years apart, but in this book he's clearly intended to be three or four or five in human terms. Makes my head hurt!

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This book is a bright fun book to show children how to have a happy acceptance of a new addition to the family.

Brother Bear suddenly realizes that he is took big for his bed. So he and Papa bear begin building a new bed for him. While they are doing that brother bear is told that he has a new baby sister coming. The story ends with brother bear getting a new bed and him giving his old bed to his new baby

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sister.

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Papa Bear builds Small Bear a new bed so that the one he outgrew can be used for his new baby sister. The characters, being bears, are entertaining and interesting to children. Like all Berenstain Bears books, it is set in Bear Country, which is a creative and imaginative place for children. The

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pictures are very interesting, colorful, and unique. There isn't much of a theme, but it would be a good book to give to children who will soon be older siblings.

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This is a good example of modern fantasy because it contains a family of bears who go through things and say things and do things like human beings would. It is based on events that would really happen in a human's life and so it makes it easy to understand.
Media: pen and ink, watercolor

I loved this book and for all you people I think you will like it to READ THE BERINSTEIN BEARS NEW BABY

Book Summary: This book is about an only cub who is getting ready to have a baby sister. Brother bear has to move into his bigger bed so that his little sister can have his old one. When Papa bear goes to show brother bear his new bed they return to see the new baby all ready in the old

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bed.

Personal Reaction: This book is really cute. I do find it kind of funny how the father and son leave for a little while and when they return mama bear had already gave birth to the baby and gotten everything ready.

Classroom Extension: If a child in your class is going to have a new baby brother or sister it would be great to give them this book to help them with the transition process. Also, this book may be used to inspire children to dream about their future role as a parent. Children are always using their imagination and trying to imitate the adults around them. Use this book to inspire a writing prompt on what they dream their future family to look like.

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The Berenstain Bears books are great for children to read outside of the classroom as they are both entertaining and explore issues relating to family and social relationships. There use in the classroom may not be as beneficial, but the themes explored are universally important to the age group

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being targeted and having these books on the classroom shelf wouldn't be a bad idea.

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This is a series about a family that goes through triumphs and mishaps. This book of the series introduces a baby into the family as we see the siblings and parents gather together to welcome the newborn. Of course there is humor and chaos along the way for this fun loving family.

This is such a good book. I think that this book should be read in young learner classrooms all over the country. Of course it is Berenstain Bears so it is an absolute classic, but it is also a great story. There are so many children that deal with a new baby in the family every year they need some

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sort of support system that will help them learn and progress through the event. This is just the book to do it.

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I had conflicting feelings about this book because although it is not one of the best books I have read, I feel that it serves a specific purpose and addresses a complex situation in a gentle and positive manner. The language used in this story is easy to understand for young readers, but I too had

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fun reading it from the perspective of an adult. In fact, I enjoyed the way the authors simplified the challenging topic of inviting a new baby into a home with another child. The detailed, colorful illustrations are perhaps the most powerful characteristic of this book, as they not only coincide with the story, but they also enhance the story dramatically. For example, the story refers to all the interesting activities for a young bear to do in Bear Country, but there are no examples of these activities in the text. Instead, the pictures show the small bear snorkeling, fishing, looking at a spider, flying a kite, etc. Without the illustrations, I feel the story would be uninteresting. The big idea of this story is that children can welcome a new addition to the family, especially with support of the parents.

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The Berenstain Bears are about to have a new baby. The brother bear needs a new bed because he has out grown it and make room for the new baby to have a place to sleep. While the dad and brother were out making the new bed. The mama had a baby girl. Brother bear was excited about being a brother

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and had to adjust to it.
I personal liked this book because I am having a baby soon and going through the same adjustment myself with my three year old.
In the classroom you can have baby's and teach the kids how to care for them at their age level.

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Series- 1st grade. This is part of my series to use in 1st grade. This one is about Mama bringing home a brand new baby.

A book that could be very relatable to the young readers as their families grown and they may not be the youngest anymore.

The Berenstain Bears’ New Baby tells how Small Bear got a new, larger bed–-very useful, since Sister Bear was soon to be born, and could use his old bed.

This is a standard kind of children’s book–-what happens when a child gains a younger sibling? I like this one a bit better than

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target="_top">Thumper’s Little Sisters, which I reviewed earlier.

The story begins with Small Bear waking up and finding he is too big for his bed, so he and Papa Bear go out to make him a new bed, and Mama Bear pats her belly and says “You’ve outgrown that snug little bed just in time!” And ‘just in time’ it is, indeed. By the time Papa Bear and Small Bear get back, Mama Bear’s belly is quite a bit smaller, and a baby is lying in his old bed. Small Bear reflects that it will be fun to be a big brother, and so it ends.

One thing I like about this story is that Small Bear doesn’t dash off and cry out that he hates his new sister or anything like that. It’s very common in these kinds of stories for the older sibling to be quite put out by the new baby–fair enough, I guess it’s probably common enough in real life, too. Still, it’s nice to have some books where the older sibling reacts positively to the news.

(The full reviews is posted on my blog.)

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