TITLE: The Berenstain Bears' God Shows The Way
AUTHOR: Stan and Jan Berenstain with Mike Berenstain
ILLUSTRATOR: Stan and Jan Berenstain with Mike Berenstain
PUBLISHER: Zonderkidz
COPYRIGHT: 2014
Book Description:
Now in a convenient 3 stories in one collection, young readers will learn from the Berenstain Bears just how important it is to serve and love one another. Written in level one of the I Can Read standards, this bind-up of stories from the Berenstain Bears Living Lights I Can Read series is sure to please young, emergent readers as well as parents and grandparents looking for good quality reading that will help practice early reading skills as well as teach lessons about serving and caring for others. Included in this collection are the following titles: Faith Gets Us Through Have No Fear, God Is Near Piggy Bank Blessings.
My thoughts:
I've always enjoyed the Berenstain Bears and the cute stories that always teach a lesson. This book is three stories in one hardback book. All three have a religious theme with a Bible verse at the beginning and another in the story.
This book is appropriate for early readers, those who are beginning to read on their own. These are written at a much simpler level than other books in the series. As you can see on the cover it is Level 1 reader.
While I liked the simplicity of the stories of these well-loved characters and the values taught through the stories, I always have an issue with books that include "scary" topics such as monsters, shadows, etc. This is just a personal preference I've always had not to read books related to such topics to children. I never would read these type of books to my son because he wasn't afraid of such things. I didn't want him to read these books and think he should be afraid of them! Now if you had a child already scared of such things, this book would be fine. Both the first two stories talk of such things and your child could learn from how Sister Bear handled her fears.
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