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Bears in the Night (The Berenstain Bears)
Illus. in full color. The Bears' adventures take them in, out, around, and about. "A good job of combining words and pictures into a slapstick but cohesive story."--School Library Journal.
Paperback, 36 pages
Published
August 12th 1971
by Random House Books for Young Readers
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For the record, I am NOT a Berenstain Bears fan.
BUT... this book and Inside, Outside, Upside Down are two of our favorite bedtime stories. ESPECIALLY Bears in the Night. I guess it's because the text is so easy even the smallest child can memorize it and "read" along with you. And, there is no storyline about an idiot dad.
We.... start..... with.... our.... voices..... low........ and.. slow........ until the hoot owl says WHOOOOOO! And then we read really fast as the bears run back into bed. W...more
BUT... this book and Inside, Outside, Upside Down are two of our favorite bedtime stories. ESPECIALLY Bears in the Night. I guess it's because the text is so easy even the smallest child can memorize it and "read" along with you. And, there is no storyline about an idiot dad.
We.... start..... with.... our.... voices..... low........ and.. slow........ until the hoot owl says WHOOOOOO! And then we read really fast as the bears run back into bed. W...more
Sep 20, 2009
Evelyn Saenz
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
bedtime-stories,
beginning-to-read,
halloween,
picture-books,
read-alouds,
story-hour,
teaching,
grammar
The bears sneak out of bed and go outside to look for adventure.
Using prepositions written in large print to accompany the illustrations, the authors tell the tale of where the bears to and then reverse the order as they run back home to jump safely into bed.
Great for story hour, this book is easily memorized enabling children to use it as a reference or wordwall to help them spell preposition words.
I like to use it as part of my Go Away Big Green Monster Unit Study to try to help kids find ways...more
Using prepositions written in large print to accompany the illustrations, the authors tell the tale of where the bears to and then reverse the order as they run back home to jump safely into bed.
Great for story hour, this book is easily memorized enabling children to use it as a reference or wordwall to help them spell preposition words.
I like to use it as part of my Go Away Big Green Monster Unit Study to try to help kids find ways...more
This is a book about little bears sneaking out of their house at night to go explore. When they are out they go all over and around until they get to a spooky hill and race back home because they are too scared. We would use this book in our classrooms not to necessarily teach about the dark but also to teach that you shouldn't leave the house without your parents. It is a perfect book for early readers because there is a lot of repetition that would allow for the students to be more involved in...more
This book offers a little vocabulary, which is great for little ones. A lot of repetition is found and basically, it is all about prepositions. There is not a variety in colors, but pictures are very detailed.
Extension:
It is time to play!!!!!. Provide items to the kids like chairs, table, pillows, boxes, so they can go under, over, through, out, in, down, between, etc. Kids love to get challenged. So, you just let them do the things you want them to do.
Extension:
It is time to play!!!!!. Provide items to the kids like chairs, table, pillows, boxes, so they can go under, over, through, out, in, down, between, etc. Kids love to get challenged. So, you just let them do the things you want them to do.
Aug 30, 2012
Ashley Hilton
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This book is great for children who are just beginning to read. It is very simple, and interesting. The illustrations are cute and creative. Some very curious bears hear a noise so they leave their bed to investigate it. Once they find the source of that noise which is an owl, they immediately turn around and run home to jump back into their bed.
Perennial favorites, the Berenstain Bears readers continue to inspire children. These beginning readers offer more simplified story lines, with fewer words that still manage to convey a humorous story. In this installment, brother and sister bear have snuck out of bed, and can be found demonstrating different prepositions, over, under, and so on.
This is the first book I ever read by myself. Then it was the first book I ever read to myself silently (though my sister didn't believe me and I had no way to prove it). My mom read this book to us in a particular cadence which I still use when I read it to my niece and nephew. My mom liked it because it teaches prepositions :).
By far, my FAVORITE children's book of all time. I could read this every night to Hailey. Grew up with this book, had it memorized when I was little and so enjoy sharing it with her. Our copy, from 1971, has no spine, and my brother's scribbled names and airplane drawings in the inside covers. This book has been so loved.
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I love this book and have given my kids the original copy I got back in the 70's. It has great illustrations and the writing is perfect. It repeats the words alot so kids really remember them. This a great book for parents of younger kids, really helps with learning the words. A timeless classic that will be around forever.
Nov 02, 2012
Wickedshizuku
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Preschoolers and up
Recommended to Wickedshizuku by:
Scholastic Book Club
Shelves:
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This is a cute and spooky story for the kids. My daughter isn't to much of a fan, but my son loved it. I am always reminded of Halloween when I flip through its pages. A very good lesson for children that they shouldn't leave the house when it's night time.
Spooky reading to you kids!
Spooky reading to you kids!
This is a great beginner book! Its easy to read and only has a couple word sentences. Throughout the book it has adverbs describing what the bears are doing. It teaches that it isn't a good choice to sneak out of bed or he will find something that will scare him back in bed.
Adverbials! This book is good for both my three-year-old and my 18-month-old and they both like it. It would be the kind of book that would be a good early reader too. Oh, and could be fun for Halloween-- has that sort of spooky atmosphere, though too mild to actually be scary.
I absolutely adored this book when I was a kid! I loved the whole up, under and around stuff and I think I probably read this a million times :-) It's a fun little book, that just reminded me (when I was a kid) about the big scary things outside at night eeek!! hehe!
Now this is a top-notch B-Bears book. The cubs are on a big time adventure, complete with mystery, wild animals and big frights in the night. My youngest learned to read by memorizing this one word for word. Highly recommended as a read-aloud!
This is a good book, but it was my least favorite berenstain book as a child. I would get to the end of the book, and think "that's it?". I like it more now that I have a little boy, and I see the value of a simple beginners book.
I love the classic Berenstain illustrations. This is a fun, slightly spooky story that teaches kids prepositions. Your early reader will be quite proud of themselves for picking up the easy sentences so quickly.
This has quickly become a family fav as Tey is learning to read from it due to the repetition and Bean and enjoys reading it to him too. They both think it quite humorous that little bears would seek out at night without a parent but the best part is hooting when the owl is discovered.
This is one of the earlier Berenstain Bear books, and it shows. As you can see on the the cover, the bears are less stylized and cutesy than the bears in the newer books, and the story is an early reader instead of a longer read-aloud.
It's a cute little story about several cubs (sharing a bed - cosleepers take note!) who sneak out of home one night to investigate a mysterious WHOOOOOOO.
There are only a few words per page, with a basic vocabulary, so this one is perfect little-little ones learnin...more
It's a cute little story about several cubs (sharing a bed - cosleepers take note!) who sneak out of home one night to investigate a mysterious WHOOOOOOO.
There are only a few words per page, with a basic vocabulary, so this one is perfect little-little ones learnin...more
Not entirely sure why I loved this book, considering I am still afraid of the dark, but I've reread it a hundred times and I still love the adventure the bears go on in the middle of the night.
One of my kids' all time favorite books. There's enough repetition for easy memorization for early readers. The just-spooky-enough illustrations appeal to young kids looking for a scary story.
This book is for 1st grade and children learning how to read. With the repetition it helps children read easier. The mystery was finding what made the "who" sound.
Lot's of repition, talks about how the bears get out of their house at night by constantly recalling the steps before. Good book for children when learning to sequence
The Berenstain's are slightly more palatable when the books involve basic concepts rather than actual plots. This one was in heavy rotation over Halloween.
The Berenstain's are slightly more palatable when the books involve basic concepts rather than actual plots. This one was in heavy rotation over Halloween.
Another treasure from the Berenstains! It is a clever story the builds as the bear cubs venture out at night. A cute way to introduce prepositions too!
3 word clusters, simple text, repetetive text, wonderful illustrations
themes: bears, night time, owl
themes: bears, night time, owl
Pengenalan tempat dan lokasi. Banyak diulang, jadi diharapkan lebih cepat dan mudah dipelajari dan diingat.
Okay. Just wanted to add this as my all-time favorite book to read to children and grandchildren! :)
My son just read the book to me as his nightly read. He liked although it seems to simple for him.
a rhyming book that teachers young readers about the concepts of over, around, up, down....
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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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