The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight (First Time Books, #8)

The Berenatain Bears are a fantasy series because the characters are bears who talk and live human lives. They characters are similiar to humans and act similiarly to humans.
The father bear is a poor example of a strong character. The Berenstain Bears are suppose to resemble a family but the

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father does no disciplining and even adds to their arguments when the siblings fight. I see this as a problem within the series.
Media- colored pencils
Use- early childhood readers

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The usually compatible Brother and Sister Bear are fighting--all day long! Mama Bear helps them realize that everyone argues once in a while, even with loved ones.

I thought that this was a very good book, that will help children understand how to get over fights, and how to stay out of them.

Brother and Sister bear get in their first fight and learn a big lesson about getting along.

I believe this is a realistic novel because fights do happen with children! This is a story to read to them before or after they fight so that they know that it is not okay to fight, but at the same time, that sometimes we do get upset with each other. It is all about how we handle the situation

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and the bears in this book explain to the reader just how to do that!

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On most days, Brother and Sister Bear get along. They play together, work with each other on projects, and are polite. One gloomy morning, though, they wake up in a bad mood. Sister dangles her feet over the edge of her bunk bed, right in front of Brother's face. Brother snaps, and Sister snaps

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back, and suddenly they are in a terrible fight over nothing. For the rest of the day, they refuse to talk. They purposely do things that they know will irritate the other, and they draw a line down the middle of the tree house they were building together and assign sides. The hostilities don't show any signs of abating, and as the storm clouds erupt into a furious thunderstorm, a screaming match breaks out in the Bear house. Mother Bear has had enough. She sets them down for one of her talks. First, she asks them if they even remember what they were fighting over. When they don't, she points out that everyone has bad days, and fights between family members and those you love are to be expected, but it's important to be able to let go and forgive. The cubs make up just after the rainstorm breaks in the sky, revealing a beautiful rainbow.

My girls are currently going through a Berenstain Bear phase, so I am reading to them all the books we own in the series. They are cute stories with always a moral emphasis, and are accompanied with cartoony and appealing cartoons. In this story, the problem of family fights is addressed, and the book both acknowledges the likelihood of arguments breaking out among family members, and the importance of remembering that these disagreements don't mean we love each other any less, and we should be able to forgive and move on. With two young children growing up together, this kind of lesson is useful and very easy for them to relate to.

I loved these books when I was a kid, and judging by my daughters' focused attention now, their attraction for young audiences has not faded over time. As an older reader, I do notice that each book has a pat solution, and they can be preachy. Mama Bear is always right, and smarter than Papa, and she typically fixes everything. Brother and Sister are typical, almost stereotypical, siblings. Despite its simplified nature, where everything comes out right in the end, this book and the broader series are great reads for kids of this young age. Let them tackle more complex issues with multiple factors when they're a little older. At this point in my daughters' lives, I appreciate stories that present problems they recognize from their experience, and then provide reassuring answers and resolution.

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