Berenstain Bears first time books

Series

Pub. Date

[1984]

Language

English

Description

Sister Bear enjoys Christmas preparations, especially getting her list ready--but on Christmas morning she realizes what Christmas is really all about.

16) The Berenstain bears and too much junk food

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1985]

Language

English

Description

Mama Bear starts a campaign to convince her family that they are eating too much junk food.

17) The Berenstain Bears forget their manners

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1985]

Language

English

Description

Mama Bear comes up with a plan to correct the Bear family's rude behavior.

18) The Berenstain Bears learn about strangers

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

The Berenstain Bear cubs learn not to be overly friendly with strangers and give their rules for dealing with them.

19) The Berenstain bears and the bad habit

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

With the help of her family, Sister Bear breaks her habit of biting her nails.

20) The Berenstain bears and the trouble with friends

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1986]

Language

English

Description

Lonely without friends her age to play with, Sister Bear is delighted when a new little girl cub moves into the house down the road.

21) The Berenstain bears and the week at grandma's

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

When Brother and Sister Bear get left with their grandparents for a whole week, they have a better time than they expected.

22) The Berenstain bears and too much birthday

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

Sister Bear is distressed that things don't go quite right at her birthday.

23) The Berenstain bears get stage fright

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1986]

Language

English

Description

Sister Bear worries about her lines in the school play while Brother Bear has no fear. Guess who forgets the lines during the performance?

24) The Berenstain bears: no girls allowed

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1986]

Language

English

Description

Annoyed that Sister Bear always beats them at baseball and other "boy" type activities, her brother and the other male cubs try to exclude her from their new club.

25) The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble at School

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2012

Language

English

Appears on list

Bear Books

Formats

eBook, Kindle

Description

Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Brother isn’t doing his schoolwork, and it’s starting to catch up with him. Now that he got a bad grade on his quiz, how is he going to tell Mama and Papa? This beloved story is a perfect way to teach children about responsibility and the importance of doing your schoolwork.

26) The Berenstain bears blaze a trail

Author

Berenstain Bears first time books
First time reader

Series

Language

English

Description

Bumbling Papa Bear tries to help the Bear Scouts earn their merit badges in hiking.

27) The Berenstain bears go out for the team

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1986]

Language

English

Description

Brother and Sister Bear are such good baseball players that Papa Bear decides they should try out for the Bear Country Cub League.

28) The Berenstain bears and the bad dream

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1988]

Language

English

Description

After viewing a scary movie about the Spacegrizzlies, Brother Bear has a nightmare.

29) The Berenstain bears and the double dare

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1988]

Language

English

Description

Brother Bear feels excited about joining Too-Tall Grizzly's gang until the members dare him to steal one of Farmer Ben's juicy watermelons.

30) The Berenstain bears and the ghost of the forest

Author

Berenstain Bears first time books
First time reader

Series

Language

English

Description

Papa Bear's attempt to scare a band of young campers by telling them about ghosts in the woods comes to an unexpected conclusion with a double ghost lesson.

31) The Berenstain bears get the gimmies

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

Gran and Gramps come up with a plan to help selfish Brother and Sister Bear get rid of a bad case of the galloping greedy gimmies.

32) The Berenstain bears ready, get set, go!

Author

Berenstain Bears first time books
First time reader

Series

Pub. Date

[1988]

Language

English

Description

The Bear family engage in competitive sports events while demonstrating to the reader the comparison of adjectives.

33) The Berenstain bears and the in-crowd

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

A rich new cub named Queenie McBear teases Sister Bear and steals her Double-Dutch partners away before the big tournament.

34) The Berenstain bears and too much vacation

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1989]

Language

English

Description

The Bear family experiences one mishap after another when they vacation in the Great Grizzly Mountains.

35) The Berenstain Bears trick or treat

Author

Series

Pub. Date

c1989

Language

English

Description

The Berenstain Bear cubs have an adventure on Halloween night that proves Mother's adage, "Appearances can be deceiving."

36) The Berenstain Bears and the prize pumpkin

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1990]

Language

English

Appears on list

Bear Books

Description

Mama Bear's reminders about the true meaning of Thanksgiving are left in the dust as the spirit of competition takes over and Papa Bear and the cubs begin a campaign to win first prize in the Thanksgiving Pumpkin contest.

37) The Berenstain Bears and the slumber party

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

Lizzy Bruin's slumber party becomes even wilder when Too-Tall Grizzly and his friends decide to attend uninvited.

38) The Berenstain Bears' trouble with pets

Author

Series

Reading Bingo: Animals and Pets

Pub. Date

[1990]

Language

English

Appears on list

Description

Brother and Sister Bear learn that a new puppy is not a plaything, but a responsibility.

39) The Berenstain Bears at the super-duper market

Author

Berenstain, Stan

40) The Berenstain bears don't pollute (anymore)

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1991]

Language

English

Description

The bears in Bear Country grow concerned about how pollution and waste of natural resources are damaging the world around them, so they form The Earthsavers Club.

41) The Berenstain bears and the trouble with grownups

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1992]

Language

English

Description

The squabbling in the Bear household between parents and cubs subsides after Mama and Papa Bear and Brother and Sister Bear perform humorous role-playing skits.

42) The Berenstain bears and too much pressure

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1992]

Language

English

Description

Members of the Bear family commit themselves to so many time-consuming activities that the resulting stress brings on a crisis and makes them admit that there are only so many hours in a day.

43) The Berenstain Bears and the Bully

Author

Berenstain, Stan, 1923

Series

Language

English

Appears on list

Bear Books

Description

When she takes a beating from the class bully, sister bear learns a valuable lesson in self-defense-- and forgiveness.

44) The Berenstain Bears' new neighbors

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

Papa Bear learns a lesson in the importance of acceptance when a new family of pandas moves in across the road.

45) The Berenstain Bears and the Green-eyed Monster

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

Sister is overcome with jealousy when Brother gets a shiny new ten-speed bike for his birthday.

46) The Berenstain Bears and too much teasing

Author

Berenstain, Stan, 1923

Series

Language

English

Description

Brother Bear likes to tease his sister, but when he's the one who is taunted at school, he understands why Sister gets so mad.

47) The Berenstain Bears count their blessings

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1995]

Language

English

Description

During a frightful thunderstorm, Brother and Sister Bear learn that Mama and Papa's love and protection are better blessings than more Bearbie dolls and video games.

48) The Berenstain Bears and the blame game

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

Members of the Bear family try to solve their problems without playing the blame game of arguing over who is responsible for every disaster.

49) The Berenstain Bears and the homework hassle

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

Brother gets in trouble when he allows television, his boom box, the telephone, and other distractions to keep him from doing his homework.

50) The Berenstain Bears get their kicks

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1998]

Language

English

Description

When Brother and Sister try out for soccer teams, Papa is at first disappointed that they do not want to play baseball, but he changes his mind when he sees them practice.

51) The Berenstain Bears lend a helping hand

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1998]

Language

English

Description

Mama Bear hopes to teach the cubs to think of others instead of only themselves by having them help an elderly neighbor clean out her attic.

52) The Berenstain Bears think of those in need

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

When Mama Bear decides that the family has accumulated too many old toys, books, and games, they sort through all their extra stuff and take it to the Old Bears Home, the Beartown Children's Hospital, and the Bears-Who-Care store.

53) The Berenstain Bears and baby makes five

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

Sister Bear is upset by all the attention her new baby sister is receiving.

54) The Berenstain Bears and the big blooper

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2000]

Language

English

Description

When she spills her milk, Sister Bear uses a new word she heard on a video, and a surprised Mama Bear explains to her that some words are not polite to use.

55) The birds, the bees, and the Berenstain Bears

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2000

Language

English

Description

When Mama announces that she is going to have a baby, Sister Bear is curious about where the baby came from and how it is going to get out of Mama's body.

56) The Berenstain Bears and the excuse note

Author

Berenstain, Stan

57) The Berenstain Bears dollars and sense

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2001

Language

English

Description

Mama and Papa Bear try to teach Brother and Sister the value of money and how to manage their allowance.

58) The Berenstain bears and the real Easter eggs

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2002]

Language

English

Description

The Berenstain Bear cubs are anxiously awaiting all the candy and Easter eggs that Easter will bring, but Mama Bear and Mother Nature show them the true wonder of the season.

59) The Berenstain bears' report card trouble

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2002.

Language

English

Description