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The Big Book of Berenstain Bears Beginner Books (Beginner Books(R)) Hardcover – Picture Book, August 9, 2011

by Stan Berenstain (Author), Jan Berenstain (Author)
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Calling all Berenstain Bear fans! What could be a better than six Berenstain Bear Beginner Books? Six Berenstain Beginner Books for less than the price of two! At only $15.99, The Big Book of Berenstain Bears Beginner Books is an incredible value and includes the full, unabridged text and illustrations for The Bike Lesson, The Bears' Picnic, The Bears' Vacation, Bears in the Night, The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree, and The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone all bound together in one sturdy, hardcover omnibus. Perfect for birthdays and holidays, these are classic, funny, stories about family (albeit one covered in fur!) with timeless, Bear Country appeal.
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  3. Language
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    Random House Books for Young Readers
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    August 9, 2011
  8. ISBN-10
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  9. ISBN-13
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Stan & Jan Berenstain began writing and illustrating books for children in the early 1960s, when their two sons Michael and Leo were young readers themselves. They lived on a hillside in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a place that still looks a lot like Bear County, where they could see deer, wild turkeys, rabbits, squirrels, and woodchucks through their studio window almost every day—but no bears. The Bears lived inside their hearts and minds.

The Berenstains' sons are all grown up now. Michael worked as an illustrator with his mother, Jan, to create new Berenstain Bears books.  There are Berenstain grandchildren who can even draw pretty good bears. With more than three hundred books in print, along with videos, television shows, and even Berenstain Bears exhibits at major museums, it's hard to tell where the Bears end and the Berenstains begin!

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Books for Young Readers; Beginner Books edition (August 9, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 037587366X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0375873669
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 5 years, from customers
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 2
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.69 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.81 x 0.99 x 9.37 inches
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    Stan and Jan Berenstain introduced the first Berenstain Bear books in 1962 and celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Berenstain Bears during 2012! Mike Berenstain grew up watching his parents work together to write about and draw these lovable bears. Eventually he started drawing and writing about them too. Though Stan died in 2005 and Jan in 2012, Mike continues to create the delightful Bear adventures from his studio in Pennsylvania.

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    The Berenstain Bears celebrated their 50th Anniversary in 2012.

    Stan and Jan Berenstain were already successful cartoonists for magazines and adult humor books when they began writing children's books. The first story starring the bear family, The Big Honey Hunt, appeared in 1962. Since then, more than 370 Berenstain Bears books have been published, and more than 300 million copies have been sold. What began as an idea sparked by their young sons' love of reading has become over the years arguably the best-selling children's book series ever.

    Since their inception, the Berenstain Bears stories have expanded to include picture books, beginning readers, and chapter books--even a hit TV show on PBS. Writing and illustrating the books has become a Berenstain family affair. Mike joined with his parents as a creative team in the late 1980s. The Bear family has expanded over the years as well. Sister Bear arrived in 1974, and baby Honey joined the family in 2000.

    Though Stan died in 2005 and Jan in 2012, Mike continues to create the delightful Berenstain Bear adventures from his studio in Pennsylvania.

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    Stan and Jan Berenstain were already successful cartoonists for magazines and adult humor books when they began writing children's books. The first story starring the bear family, The Big Honey Hunt, appeared in 1962. Since then, more than 370 Berenstain Bears books have been published, and more than 300 million copies have been sold. What began as an idea sparked by their young sons' love of reading has become over the years arguably the best-selling children's book series ever.

    Since their inception, the Berenstain Bears stories have expanded to include picture books, beginning readers, and chapter books--even a hit TV show on PBS. Writing and illustrating the books has become a Berenstain family affair. Mike joined with his parents as a creative team in the late 1980s. The Bear family has expanded over the years as well. Sister Bear arrived in 1974, and baby Honey joined the family in 2000.

    Though Stan died in 2005 and Jan in 2012, Mike continues to create the delightful Bear adventures from his studio in Pennsylvania.

    www.berenstainbears.com

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D & L Workman
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for story or bed time.
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2024
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Nice collection of short stories for parent to read during story time. Beginning readers can enjoy the Berenstain Beard stories at their level and sorry enough to complete in one setting.
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Island Gal
5.0 out of 5 stars Always happy with Berenstain Bears books
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2024
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You will always love the Berenstain Bears stories, and so will your children and grandchildren. We probably have 10-12 Bears Books, and the grandkids read and reread them.
We used to own a couple of daycare centers and had dozens of Bears Books in each. The 2-year-olds loved having them read to them, and the kiddos who could start reading on their own pulled these from the bookcases often.
You will always be pleased you added a Berenstain Bear book to your collection. This Big book has almost 300 pages of wonderful stories!
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4Gold S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Life Lessons
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2023
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I read Berenstein Bears to my children, and now I am getting them for my grandkids. They have great life lessons. My adult daughter even remembers the one about throwing tantrums when we were working through a tantrum phase with her.
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Dewey McGruff
5.0 out of 5 stars Great beginner books for those that love Berenstain Bear books!
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2014
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Really great compilation of books. None of them are really cannon with the Berenstain Bear family series and contain what I consider prototypes of the characters. They are still great reads and really do make good beginner reader books. The first three stories follow a similar format of lessons/discussion between Papa and Small Bear and are pretty amusing in how all of Papa's attempts at teaching his son tend to backfire on him, they still get the message through. The next two stories use simpler sentences/phrases and are really the best to start with for a beginner reader, especially Bears in the Night. All the books make great use of rhythm and/or rhyme that makes reading fun and easier to remember. I grew up on the Berenstain Bear family, so this was a must-have item for our bookshelf.
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Scott
5.0 out of 5 stars Good set
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2023
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Easy to open package. My kids dug right in to reading.
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Marc Porter Zasada
4.0 out of 5 stars This is for very small children. Not like regular Berenstain Bears Books
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2024
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The description should make clear that this is for very little kids like 2 or 3, not for the normal 4-6 audience of Berenstain. It's fine, but disappointed.
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Bridget
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Silly Classic Berenstain Bears Collection
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2014
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This is a collection of the older Berenstain Bear stories so the illustrations are different, the stories don't follow the same format as they do today, and Sister Bear isn't a character yet. If you buy this collection thinking they will be the same style as today you will probably be disappointed. For those who love BB and wanted the classic stories this is a great collection. My 4-year old girls looked at the illustrations at first & were confused but absolutely love them now since the stories & illustrations are so silly. In one story Papa Bear teachers Brother what NOT to do when riding a bike therefore he falls a lot which of course children love. In other stories he teaches them water safety, again by teaching brother what NOT to do which is a funny way of teaching since he gets a lot of "boo-boos." Some of the stories are nice and long, others are shorter so you can pick & choose depending on the night- can be good for early readers as well. Almost every children's book has some sort of serious lesson, I'm glad we go this one, kids need to laugh and have fun too.
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Mariah
5.0 out of 5 stars A great collection for kids of all ages.
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2015
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This book has some of the older and better Berenstain Bear books in the collection. It features: The Bike Lesson, The Bear's Picnic, The Bears' Vacation, Bears in the Night, The Spooky Old Tree, and The Missing Dinosaur Bone. All are classics that my children love without any of some of the newer, stranger, and just plain bad Berenstain Bear books that have been published in more recent years. This collection is good for both girls and boys. My 3 year old daughter loves having all these stories read to her and they are very fast paced. My 6 year old son also likes these books and enjoys being able to read them himself. All in all, these books are great price and enjoyable to read over and over again. We liked these so much I bought this book for our nephews. I would recommend this to others.
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STEPHEN
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and short
Reviewed in Canada on April 5, 2023
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Short rhyming stories like Dr. Seuss. I particularly like reading the same one to my daughter and we do the countdown and blast off sounds. It has a he/she story so maybe not a good pick for the easily offended.
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Chiohandel
5.0 out of 5 stars Libro hermoso
Reviewed in Mexico on July 9, 2019
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me encantan los cuentos de Berenstain mis hijos los adoran para la hora de dormir, el libro al ser pasta dura se nota su calidad y las hojas tambien son de calidad, los dibujos, en fin yo estoy feliz de la compra
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Angela
5.0 out of 5 stars I love it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2020
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Sharu
4.0 out of 5 stars Good for starters
Reviewed in India on August 24, 2019
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Plenty of pictures in the book. Good for a child that is about to start reading
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in Germany on June 17, 2019
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