The Berenstain Bears: Sister Bear Learns to Share

The Berenstain Bears

by Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain

Sister Bear learns that sharing means fun for everyone! Ages 2–6

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Family

16 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

[Jasmine from How Useful It Is · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read for my toddler's bedtime. In this book sister has to learn how to share. Playing alone is good because she has the toys to herself but there are games like soccer or baseball that need friends to be fun. Good story for kids.

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[Meg · Rating 1 out of 5]

OH NO.
I borrowed this thinking it was an OG Berenstain Bears book, but turns out this one is "with Mike Berenstain," who we all know is ruinous and out of his gourd.

So this opens with a Bible verse-- this should be no surprise to those who are acquainted with the latest in the franchise. And just to sucker-punch this into the ground? IT RHYMES. And I quote: "Please think of Jesus. / He would want us to share / And show our love / For our fellow bear." Oh lort.

This one is definitely in "reader" format, in short and punchy sentences that beginning readers can sort out on their own. It is over blessedly fast, but oof, these books.

[Stacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rhyming book about sharing, and how it is o.k. to want to play alone sometimes too.

[S · Rating 1 out of 5]

Yikes. Y'all should do a side by side comparison of this with the original.

I don't mind that Mike decided to go all uber-Christian but re-releasing the originals with a new paragraph or two about Jesus is a bit much. Like same illustrations but in this one Sister bear is reading the Holy Bible instead of a generic purple book? Feels like a money grab AND lazy. So...not my jam but I have now read up on the whole Stan - Jan - Mike thing and know what to steer clear of.

[Jeshua · Rating 5 out of 5]

Genre: Poetry
Grades: 2nd-4th
This book would not be applicable for a classroom because it talks about Jesus, God, and praying, and features a bible. I found the ryme fun, and the end messege of share and have fun, was also grounded in realism, when an argument came about and the salution was to take some time away to calm down. still a good book on shareing. liked the brighter colors compared to other Berenstain Bears books.

[Katt Hansen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sister Bear learns how to share. Pretty preachy and not much to the book overall. Less story and more just hammering home the point. I miss the original books in the series.

[Cdupree2 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like it because when sister bear said that her favorite playmate is herself.

[Spencer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gift from Harper's grandmother

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amusingly realistic that the sharing ended in a fight.

[Brooke Hammett · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book; it was a cute story that highlighted a good theme. This would be a very good book for a child to apply to their life.

[Marilyn Showalter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Modern Fantasy
K-2nd grade level
I loved this book because it embraced sharing as an important principle in life. I also liked that it included God, but that could be a drawback to read it in a school setting. I would think it would be more of a book for at home to teach kids to share.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 4 out of 5]

This Berenstain Bear book is a little different than the others; it is told in rhyming lines on every page but done in a very good manner! It would have probably gotten a 5 star but the very last couple of pages (how the story ends) I didn't like at all thought it went against what the author(s) were tying to get the point across....

Sister Bear starts out saying how she is her favorite playmate and how she plays with her toys and games and have fun. But there are other times when she needs to share, but sharing is fun. And eventually the entire neighborhood comes over to play baseball. Without sharing there could be no game. But some of the kids start to fight and they all end up going home. Then in the end (this was what I didn't like) she says that she was her favorite playmate after all! :( I think I know what they really meant to say but it didn't come out that way at all... but the wording and the subject was very well done.

[Misty · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was an okay read. It would be a nice book to use during the first week of school to explain sharing to a class of young students, but I felt the book did not make its point very well. It starts in the beginning with sister bear explaining that her favorite playmate is herself. Then she goes on to talk about how sometimes it is better to share with others. She talks about all the things you can do with friends and how much fun you can have together. Then the story ends with the group getting in an argument and sister bear going back to playing with her favorite playmate, herself. I feel that all though this book is suppose to talk about the perks of sharing, it also shows the perks of playing by yourself. The book was okay for talking about sharing with children, but I am sure there is probably a better choice out there.

[Veronica]

I'm working on creating a booklist for my local public library. This book was one in consideration for this list.

While it was definitely good for teaching kids a lesson about sharing, there were so many Christian overtones, I'm not sure how fitting it is to put on a booklist for a public library that serves a diverse population.

I don't mind adding it, with a notation that it is Christian, but that would mean labeling other books from various cultures and religions. The headache could become a nightmare doing such a thing. I think, ultimately, because the way this book presented the moral, it would be best to keep it off the list.

Having the idea that it is the Christian thing to do is one thing. This book makes it so that if you are NOT doing the Christian thing, you are doing the wrong thing.

[Christie rdg3320 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like all Berenstain Bear Books this book teaches a lesson. It teaches students how sharing is nice and being selfish cause people to not want to play with you. Its a good book for K-2nd since this is an issue they have sometimes. I would use this to help student understand that we need to share everything in our classroom.

[Zequoia Hyche · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think that this book is great for teaching children how to share with their toys. Lets be honest, a lot of the time children have a hard time with doing this, especially if it a favorite toy. However, it is still important to teach children how to share, because people may not want to play with them and could end up not having many friends, because of their selfish tendencies.

[chucklesthescot · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sister has always enjoyed playing with her own toys but now she is about to discover the fun of sharing her toys with Brother and their friends, and getting to play with their toys too. The rhyming in this book isn't always spot on but the pictures are cute and the story is nice.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved reading the Berenstain Bears to my kids. The stories are great and the illustrations are fun.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

the kids like this book

[Alycia Boyce · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book illustrates the importance of sharing. The book follows sister bear, a familiar character, as she learns this trait. Great for younger children.

[Horace Mann Family Reading Challenge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Little sister bear had to learn to share her toys with brother bear. A. R.

[Deborah Harris]

AR Quiz No. 135959 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: LG - BL: 2.0 - AR Pts: 0.5
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, RV

[Steve Rouhotas Jr · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Too much pushing each other and arguing" says my 5 yr old reader; LJ

[Rachel · Rating 1 out of 5]

Irritating and uninteresting, but the message is fine.

[Cws]

JE-Ber