The Berenstain Bears' Home Sweet Tree

The Berenstain Bears

by Stan Berenstain

Kids will love stepping into the home of the first family of Bears and exploring the many rooms where they live, work, sleep, and play. Peek into Papa Bear's root cellar, discover all the fun "stuff" in Mama Bear's attic, and take a romp through Brother and Sister Bear's room. With over fifty fun flaps to lift, there's a lot to look for while learning what really lies beneath the dust ruffles and in the crannies of the most popular treehouse in America.  

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Kids

10 pages, Board Book

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

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 Berenstain joined them as a creative team in the late 1980s.

Reviews

[J9 · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Berenstain Bears might be old school, but their stories are still fun. And this level 1 reading book was colorful and interesting enough to be my 5 yr old's choice for today's reading. Now that he's reading books on his own, sometimes it's work to find something that isn't Spongebob or Superhero related that he's willing to read. This one was a great choice and engaging for him. A great read.

[Em · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not much of a story. The kids take us on a tour of the treehouse: here's dad asleep watching the TV; here's mum baking cookies; here's the cellar/basement full of old irrelevant crap that mum won't throw away; here's our bedroom where both of us fit into established gender roles. Quite dull.

[Cdupree2 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like it because it was trying to say that family and home is the best thing of all and i agree.

[Jacqueline Garcia · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Berenstain Bears Home Sweet Tree is written in the Children literature format with the story in a poetry form element. The book is written in a poetry format that lines rhyme and the illustration in pictures and is meant to capture and teach a concept for children. The Home Sweet Tree story is a story that has vibrant color pictures that will engage your children in a reading activity. The story is about a loving bear family that lives in a tree house. The little bears invite their friend over one day to their sweet tree home.

The story is a cute story about these little bears that are really proud of their home in a tree. The little bears invite their friends to come over so they can show them their house. When they get there Mama bear is baking cookies and Papa bear is asleep on his rocker as he was watching tv.

The little bears invited their friends to eat some of Mama bears cookies and after they ate their cookies. The little bears wanted their friends to see their room, and Papa bears cellar where their mom would save so many things. When they showed them their rooms the little girl bear was so proud of her room it was so neat and organized. The other little bear was a little ashamed of how messy his part of the room was but I am sure he said in his head oh well it's a boy thing.

At the end the four bears were at the door looking down to their friends as they left and as they waved goodbye they invited them to come again. I will definitely recommend to read this book to your children because it is written poetry form and contains really nice illustrated pictures.

[Alexis Ardissone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Summary: Brother Bear and Sister Bear give a tour of their Treehouse home. On the tour, they show us Papa Bear asleep in front of the TV, Mama Bear making cookies, the cellar (basement), and the bedroom they share. At the end of the book they as when the reader will show them their “Home Sweet Tree.” This story gives the reader an insight into their home and their family dynamic.

Theme: The theme of this cute bear story was to show how people live. This showcased the Berenstain’s family dynamic and how their house operates. This teaches children that not all homes and families are exactly like their home and family; each one is unique.

Personal Response/ Recommendation: This book was fun to read because of the rhyming words and the fun topic. This is a series I read as a child and I related to this book specifically because of the cellar they explored. Growing up, my garage was filled with things that my mom said we will use again, like Mama Bear tells her kids. I recommend this book as a fun read for children. There is no clear lesson that a child can learn from, but it is definitely entertaining to read.

[Joan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always a favorite with young readers, the Berenstain Bears are the central characters in this charming tale. Brother and Sister take young readers on a tour of the family treehouse. Lively illustrations accompany a text filled with humor and sufficient repetition to help beginning readers master their first steps into independent reading.

Recommended.

[Danette · Rating 3 out of 5]

10/23/17 Read with Naomi & Julia.

[Sevi Sather · Rating 2 out of 5]

9 pages on the basement and no exclusive footage of the kitchen or bathrooms is a real let down.

[Johnboy Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used to have this book as a kid.
They were part of my childhood growing up.
oh, the Nostalgia.

[Nicole Nowinski · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read with my girls at the library. Really enjoyable!

[Aj Sterkel · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a blast from the past. I remember this book from my childhood. It’s kind of like those “Apartment Tour” videos on YouTube. The young bears show the reader around their treehouse. It’s cute. There’s no plot or conflict. There is a delicious illustration of chocolate chip cookies that made my toddler very happy. We spent a lot of time pretending to eat those cookies.




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[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book for beginning readers.

[Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this series of books.

[chucklesthescot · Rating 3 out of 5]

An introduction to the Bear family.I've loved the Berenstain Bears since I was a kid and it's still fun to look back at these books again!

[Horace Mann Family Reading Challenge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Z.N.

[Daicy Umali · Rating 5 out of 5]

The sweet and adorable bear family I've always loved! It's great that they can carry across important messages to young children in such a fun way. :)

[Md Sajjad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the book, That's an adorable bear family.

[John Yelverton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just a fun and cute little children's book about the Berenstin Bears.