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The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food (The Berenstain Bears)
Mama Bear lays down the law when she notices that Papa and the cubs are getting too chubby. With the help of Dr. Grizzly's slide show on how the body works, the Bear family makes a healthful adjustment in their diet and fitness habits. "A most enjoyable introduction to good nutrition and exercise."--(starred) Science Books & Films....more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
March 12th 1985
by Random House Books for Young Readers
(first published 1985)
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My three-year-old is currently enamored of The Berenstain Bears. He wants to check out the whole section every time we're at the library, but I limit him to three because that's about all my husband and I can stand to read to him over and over until next week's library trip. I won't review all of them because they're all very similar. This one, however, gets a review because it's a very good example of what a dolt Papa always seems to be in these books. Mama calls all the shots and Papa just fol...more
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The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food is a didactic tale, seeking to teach children to eat healthy food and eschew eating junk food.
The story opens by talking about what a nice place Bear Country is, comfortable, full of nice places to live, and “best of all” full of healthy food for all its inhabitants. Mama Bear observes that her cubs have been eating a lot of junk food and are beginning to get a bit chubby. She shuts away the junk food in the freezer, and whisks the family away to see D...more
The story opens by talking about what a nice place Bear Country is, comfortable, full of nice places to live, and “best of all” full of healthy food for all its inhabitants. Mama Bear observes that her cubs have been eating a lot of junk food and are beginning to get a bit chubby. She shuts away the junk food in the freezer, and whisks the family away to see D...more
I have loved this book ever since I was little because I felt like I could relate to it. I loved junk food as a kid and still do as an adult, the book teaches a lesson that I may not have learned when I was little but am starting to understand now. It talks about healthy eating and why it is important. The illustrations are what drew me to the book when I was younger. When I saw this on the shelves in the store I instantly remembered why I had loved it so much. I love all of the Berenstain Bears...more
This tells the story of the brother and sister bears as they struggle with their eating habits. Mama bear wants them to start eating better so she takes them to the doctor who tells them about the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle. What can be taught to the students is how eating healthy and avoiding junk food can lead to a better life. This book also introduces exercise and that would also be incorporated into a teaching lesson. It is important for students at a young age to realize the im...more
One of my favorites growing up this is a good story about how what you eat is important to the nourishment of your body and how sometimes eating too much junk food is bad for you. This story is great to teach children about eating healthy and how junk food is ok in moderation but that we shouldn't eat it too often because then were not giving our bodies the nutrients it deserves and needs to work right.
Learning Extension: Have different foods set out from dramatic play, have both junk food and h...more
Learning Extension: Have different foods set out from dramatic play, have both junk food and h...more
Summary: In this book, the young bears are caught up in eating too much junk food. The readers will see the parents trying to show the children that eating sweets is not always the best choice of food. The bears entertain us in another book from their series and help these children learn a valuable lesson about eating healthy.
Written by Stan Berenstain
Published in 1985 by Random House Books for Young Children
Recommendations/Awards: none
Audience: Read together or read alone: grades K-4
Genre: Pic...more
Written by Stan Berenstain
Published in 1985 by Random House Books for Young Children
Recommendations/Awards: none
Audience: Read together or read alone: grades K-4
Genre: Pic...more
This book would be a great book to bring back into rotation in early schooling because it gives a great message of staying healthy which in today’s time is beneficial for our younger generartion because in these times staying fit and eating right is what is keeping our children safe. I agree with the message of this book and it should be a book that should be on the shelves of schools because of that. The pictures were always great to because they were funny and when you couldn’t’ understand som...more
Call me old fashioned, but I get upset when I see young children being sent to school with unhealthy snacks! The topic of junk food and young children is a relevant one, and sharing these concerns in school is a good thing. I would share this book with my students because not only does it tell students how important it is to eat healthy, but it also explains why. I would love to include this book in a science unit on how food effects our bodies. The book starts to go into some detail on this sub...more
Apr 15, 2013
Chester Richmond
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4 of 5 stars
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This book discusses a common problem at home for many children, eating too much junk food. Eating too much junk food is not just a health problem but can also affect how well children perform in your class. If students are not fed well in the morning or are used to too much sugar at home than they can crash when they are stuck at school for 8 hours.
In a classroom you can teach your class a lesson on nutrition and then negative effects of eating too much or eating the wrong foods. This will help...more
In a classroom you can teach your class a lesson on nutrition and then negative effects of eating too much or eating the wrong foods. This will help...more
I've always loved this book and read it as a kid. Since we're studying anatomy, I thought this would be a fun book to read which talks about nutrition and why we shouldn't eat too much junk food. As an adult, I'm not a huge fan of the food chart that the doctor shows them that has white bread and cereal on there (not sources of complex carbs!), but it was published in the 80s in the time of the lovely "food pyramid".
Other than that, we love this classic. It's also hard not to love "Sweetsie Col...more
Other than that, we love this classic. It's also hard not to love "Sweetsie Col...more
Mama Bear lays down the law when she notices that Papa and the cubs are getting too chubby. With the help of Dr. Grizzly's slide show on how the body works, the Bear family makes a healthful adjustment in their diet and fitness habits. "A most enjoyable introduction to good nutrition and exercise."--(starred) Science Books & Films.
From the Inside FlapMama Bear lays down the law when she notices that Papa and the cubs are getting too chubby. With the help of Dr. Grizzly's slide show on how
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Genre: Realistic fantasy fiction
Review: From the Inside Flap
Mama Bear lays down the law when she notices that Papa and the cubs are getting too chubby. With the help of Dr. Grizzly's slide show on how the body works, the Bear family makes a healthful adjustment in their diet and fitness habits. "A most enjoyable introduction to good nutrition and exercise."--(starred) Science Books & Films.
Recommendation: 5-7
Notes: have discussion afterwards
Review: From the Inside Flap
Mama Bear lays down the law when she notices that Papa and the cubs are getting too chubby. With the help of Dr. Grizzly's slide show on how the body works, the Bear family makes a healthful adjustment in their diet and fitness habits. "A most enjoyable introduction to good nutrition and exercise."--(starred) Science Books & Films.
Recommendation: 5-7
Notes: have discussion afterwards
Sister and brother were having popcorn at the movies and having junk food in front of the tv. They had more junk food and more junk food. They wanted more junk food but Mama didn't want them to have anymore. She said 'no junk food' and the kids said 'yes junk food'. They went to the grocery store and met their doctor who showed them parts of their body on an x-ray. They started running up ahead. Sister and brother had healthy new food. Grapes are yummy for you.
★★★★The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Mama Bear is at it again, trying to get her family in line. Bad habits start slowly, but get worse as they go along. Eating junk food is so yummy, until you rip your pants. So Mama has to break out the healthy food and get her family back in shape.
I swear, one of these days, my daughter will actually use the lesson from the story.
Mama Bear is at it again, trying to get her family in line. Bad habits start slowly, but get worse as they go along. Eating junk food is so yummy, until you rip your pants. So Mama has to break out the healthy food and get her family back in shape.
I swear, one of these days, my daughter will actually use the lesson from the story.
This book is great for topics in health. It teachers children what foods are healthy and what foods are junk. It also teaches facts about the body and organs. Has kid safe pictures of the differnt body sysetems (using bears). Can be used to talk about childhood obesity in Georgia. Have children come up with ways to prevent obesity and research how to help the school provide healthy foods instead of junk.
This is the 12th Berenstain Bears book that I have read. These books are very very easy to read. So far today I have read about 9 of them. This book teaches about healthy living. I like the overall message of this book. What I don't like about this book is that it teaches nothing at all about moderation. I do like the little slide show that the doctor shows the family though.
1.This is a great story that many chldren can relate to. Most children love to eat sweet treats.
2.This story can promote better eating choices.
3.This story adds a prespective concering health and nutrition.
Learning activity:
I would devided the class up into 2 groups. One group would bring in foods that were nutritional. The other group would bring foods in that were less nutritional.I would try to enculde foods that did not need special storage. Then as a class we would sort through food grou...more
2.This story can promote better eating choices.
3.This story adds a prespective concering health and nutrition.
Learning activity:
I would devided the class up into 2 groups. One group would bring in foods that were nutritional. The other group would bring foods in that were less nutritional.I would try to enculde foods that did not need special storage. Then as a class we would sort through food grou...more
In a very entertaining and humorous way, the characters in the book show children that eating junk food is extremely unhealthy. Unlike being lectured in a health class, this story line gives the reader an enjoyable vibe when learning about health. I believe it is very important for young children to learn something as serious as what they are putting into their bodies at a young age.
PB 16: This is a very cute and informational book. It teaches about the importance of healthy eating and exercise, as well as gives some information about how the body works. Definitely a good book for kids to read, especially when they start to love junk food too much.
This is about the Berenstain Bears Family and eating too much junk food. Mother is the only one not eating all the junk but is sick of her family eating it. So Mother has them not eat it anymore for a while. Her family gos CRAZY!!!
Good book for beginning readers
Good book for beginning readers
The drawings in this book are mouth watering. Not very effecive at preventing the abuse of sugar. My parents suffered this addiction of mine throughout my childhood. Can I really blame this book though? Why not; other kids blamed murder on their cartoons.
It was a very interesting book. It had very nice illustrations, great characters and a very interesting storyline. I really liked the facts showed what food is good for me and what's not good food. I'd recommend this book to Berenstain Bears fans.
Considering all the issues with obesity in children and emphasis on exercise in schools. Mama realizes that they are getting too chubby so she puts them on a diet. This would stress the importance of staying healthy.
Mmmm, junk food.
Though I read this one a gazillion times as a child, it did not cure my love of Cheetos, Fritos or salt & vinegar chips. But over time I have developed a healthy craving for fruits and veggies too.
Though I read this one a gazillion times as a child, it did not cure my love of Cheetos, Fritos or salt & vinegar chips. But over time I have developed a healthy craving for fruits and veggies too.
This book at least gives kids the idea that there are actually healthy alternatives to junk food. It even shows and describes the kids as fat. Papa is a bad example as always, while Mother is perfect.
This book hit home for me. I was a chubby kid throughout my childhood, and I took this book as a diet guide. I wouldn't say it worked to help me lose weight but it impacted me tremendously.
Dec 07, 2010
Tania Gilmore
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This will help you teach about the importance of eating fruits and vegetables and how candy is not always healthy for you. Also may get studentts thinking of how there parents may refuse sweets.
Mar 04, 2009
Yadira
added it
this book is great for kid who like the bears.b it showes kids that eating to much can be really bad. that they should eat better and eat heathy. it is a really good book.
This is one of my daughter's favorite books. I have read it for her over and over and over again. It's a favorite of mine too. I refer back to it when I need too
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Stan and Jan Berenstain (often called The Berenstains) were American writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book series the Berenstain Bears. Their son Mike joined them as a creative team in the late 1980s.
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