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The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Friends (First Time Books(R)) Review
User Submitted The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Friends (First Time Books(R)) ReviewsAugust 3, 2008 You can easily stock your library with Berenstain Bears books, they're that cheap Tell you the truth, though, I really am not a fan of the paperbacks. I find them too long, too wordy, and, really, too moralistic. My nieces adore them, though, so I added a star for that, and I keep buying them. (I'm a sucker, really.) This is a great example of the books. New cub moves into the neighborhood, Sister and Lizzy become fast friends (and why does everybody in this series get a real name except for the main characters?), they fight over something silly, and eventually learn to compromise and share. Aw. Great moral message, but kinda boring story. May 9, 2008 It's a good book to teach your kid It's a good book to teach your kid. they can learn taking turn is a good way . April 18, 2008 book We did not get this book. I think that we have enough of these books for now. Maybe later. July 24, 2007 Good Brother does not want to play tea party with Sister. Sister feels all alone. That is, until a new family of bears move in down the road. Sister meets Lizzy Bruin and they show their jump rope skills. They become friends and go play in the playground. Sister likes her new friend but soon finds out that Lizzy is quite bossy. Lizzy always has to be teacher and treats Sister stupid (she doesn't know the Alphabet). They get into a fight, call each other names, and Sister storms out. Mama Bear explains to the grumpy and hurt Sister Bear that it is fun to be alone but there a lot of things you cannot do alone...like riding on a seesaw. Sister and Lizzy make up and soon are having fun again. November 15, 2006 AWESOME!!!!! This book is great. It shows that even the best of friends can fight at times. Also to take turns and there are some things that cannot be done alone. Also to be forgiving of each other. June 21, 2006 Learning to be a friend Sister and Lizzie are best friends and do everything together. But sometimes Lizzie can be just too bossy. And sometimes Sister wants to do everything her way. When the two cubs start playing school, it comes to head over who gets to be the teacher. This story teaches forgiveness and understanding that to be a good friend it's about giving, not just taking. March 30, 2006 Great conversation starter! I kept the Berenstain Bear books from when I was a kid and now my 6 year old read them. The are all great books to start a conversation with your child about the topic. In this one, a very familiar situation arises between young friends (both want control and get in a fight. Mama Bear talks with Sister and asks her to consider her friend's feelings. Then the situation is resolved when the friend comes over to return a favorite toy. These books aren't meant to offer coping strategies or tell the kids how to handle the situation but they are great to help get a conversation started between parents and kids and start the problem-solving process in the child. February 14, 2006 Caite's book Friends sometimes can be mean but you can learn how to get along with them.just like in real life. December 15, 2005 Wonderful! The world lost a real gem of a writer when Stan Berenstain passed on November 29. Together, Berenstain and his wife, Jan, and eventually their two sons, created books featuring lovable but flawed characters who tackle just about every real issue that faces families. All kids (and most adults) have some trouble when it comes to making friends and maintaining friendships. It's not always easy! This book can help open up a good dialogue with your kids about what friendship means, how to be a good friend, what to do when you have problems with friends, and so on. It tells the story in a gentle way that kids will find not only informative, but entertaining and even funny, as well. Wonderful! February 11, 2005 Good book for an analogy, help with friends This is really a nice book to help with friends. It's funny how we received this book at the same time our neighbor boy is having the exact same trouble with someone who just moved in. In a time and era where "bullying' other kids has become very popular to the point of articles being published in the local papers here, this book definitely handles what to do when a friend isn't quite the friend you had hoped he/she would be. This one ends with the friends being friends again and how they worked out their differences. One of the most important aspects in this book I think is that they always show either the new girl's mother or Mama Bear in the picture when a resolution needs to take place between the two girls. It is subtle, but I think this is lacking today - parental intervention when children don't exactly have the skills available to help them in a situation like this. This is a great book to have with something that unfortunately, has become quite a problem in Columbus, Ohio. For more The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Friends (First Time Books(R)) reviews click here.
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