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The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin (The Berenstain Bears)
The Bear family might not win the blue ribbon for their entry in the pumpkin contest during the annual Bear Country Thanksgiving Festival, but they do gain a new appreciation of the true spirit of the holiday and all they have to be thankful for....more
Library Binding, 32 pages
Published
October 10th 1990
by Random House Books for Young Readers
(first published January 1st 1990)
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Papa Bear has his heart set on winning the prize for the biggest pumpkin. He waters his pumpkin and fertilizes it, and even talks to it. Mama tries to get his mind off winning, and get him to focus on the beauties of nature and the coming Thanksgiving holiday, but Papa is grimly determined to win the pumpkin contest.
Unlike most Berenstain Bear books, this one is all about Papa. Brother and Sister Bear are minor characters this time, so the book loses a lot of its kid-appeal. We don't really ca...more
Unlike most Berenstain Bear books, this one is all about Papa. Brother and Sister Bear are minor characters this time, so the book loses a lot of its kid-appeal. We don't really ca...more
Despite the fact that the father figure is almost always portrayed as muddleheaded comic relief, a stigma which I don't appreciate in children's books, there are a few Berenstain Bear books that let down their hair, don't try so hard to contrive a story in order to force feed a moral message, and just have fun. In that realm, this one works.
★★★★The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin by Stan and Jan Berenstain
So Papa has one goal, beat Farmer Ben in the "Biggest Pumpkin Contest."
The cubs watch it grow. But Mama tries to get everyone to realize, winning isn't everything, the season is about nature, family, and giving thanks.
So Papa has one goal, beat Farmer Ben in the "Biggest Pumpkin Contest."
The cubs watch it grow. But Mama tries to get everyone to realize, winning isn't everything, the season is about nature, family, and giving thanks.
This book is bullshit! As if bears can talk! It's like another book from the old testament. Oh, and since when do bears participate in agriculture? Bears wearing clothes? One star for lack of versimilitude.
In this outing, Papa Bear and the cubs learn that winning isn't everything--in fact, sometimes it pays to come in second, or even third!
Very cute.
Read in Austin. Lonene purchased it for the kids' library.
Very cute.
Read in Austin. Lonene purchased it for the kids' library.
The Berenstain Bears books are one of my favorite children's series. I enjoyed them as a little girl and now enjoy reading them to my children. Each one is cute and always teaches a simple lesson.
1st Prize, 2nd Prize,
3rd Prize or none-
At Thanksgiving time,
more than a contest
is won.
Papa Bear grows a giant pumpkin that he hopes will win first prize at the fair.
3rd Prize or none-
At Thanksgiving time,
more than a contest
is won.
Papa Bear grows a giant pumpkin that he hopes will win first prize at the fair.
Read this in the Doctors office the other day to a lil girl while I was waited to see the Doc. Was a great time killer.
Papa Bear is after the title of biggest pumpkin but he doesn't make it. Can he look on he bright side of things?
HAHA yeah I love those bears. Mama bear is so sassy. Great book, 5 STARS!
Dec 21, 2012
Eric Johnson
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3 of 5 stars
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Same story with this Berenstein Bear book. I am not a big fan of these books like I used to be when I was a child.
country folk, read this one to your kids.
We love all berenstain bear books!
Good story
Here is a book with my favorite family in it, this time round; the bear family is trying to raise the biggest pumpkin in all of Bear County. Everyone works together and they try to make their pumpkin the biggest and best. In the end their pumpkin doesn’t win, they make good use of the huge pumpkin.
1. Have the students make a pinyata pumpkin, and hang it in the classroom with a blue ribbon on it.
2. Have the students make a list of all the different things that you can do with pumpkins.
1. Have the students make a pinyata pumpkin, and hang it in the classroom with a blue ribbon on it.
2. Have the students make a list of all the different things that you can do with pumpkins.
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The competitive side of Papa Bear comes out as he watches "The Giant" grow larger, rounder, and oranger in his pumpkin patch. He reckon's he can even beat the pants of Farmer Ben in the pumpkin contest this year. Mama tries to remind the cubs and Papa that Thanksgiving time is not about "beating the pants off Farmer Ben," but about family and giving thanks. Will she be able to make them take her message to heart though??
Picture Book 18
This is a fun book to read around Thanksgiving time. I would have this in my classroom when talking about Thanksgiving.
This is a fun book to read around Thanksgiving time. I would have this in my classroom when talking about Thanksgiving.
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Nov 10, 2008
Lyndsay
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This could teach children that holidays and special times with family is very important. It shows that winning is not always important.
I used to read these with my parents all the bloody time! Most of them were so loved that they had all fallen apart.
I did not really enjoy this book much, students may like it more because they are familiar with the characters.
This is the first book my husband reads to the kids in OCT. It is sort of our welcoming the fall book.
this was a very cute book. when i was younger i loved these books!
Cute story - but text was too long for a 2 year old
The Bear family teaches important lessons!!
One of my childhood favorites. :)
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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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