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The Berenstain Bears Bears On Time: Solving the Lateness Problem!
Encourages children that doing your best to keep your word and be on time is not only the polite thing to do, it’s also the right thing to do in this inspiring story from the Berenstain Bears Living Lights collection. The Bear family is a busy family. They have lots to do like getting to school and soccer practice and music lessons and the grocery store. They have to go to the doctor, the dentist, the vet, the barber, and even the beauty parlor every now and then. The trouble is, everyone is always running late. The family gathers around the Storybook Bible and learns a powerful lesson from Jonah, giving them a renewed purpose and focus. Inspired by the good advice from the Bible, Papa Bear comes up with a lateness plan ... but will the rest of the Bear family stick with it? The Berenstain Bears Bears on Time :
- GenresPicture Books
24 pages, Paperback
Published July 13, 2021
About the author
Mike Berenstain
483 books172 followersMike Berenstain grew up watching his parents, Stan and Jan, working together to write and draw these lovable bears. Eventually he started drawing and writing about them too. Mike is married to Andrea and they have three children. They live in Pennsylvania, in an area that looks a lot like Bear Country.
Mike's earliest memory is of his parents studio in suburban Philadelphia. He remembers sitting on the floor scribbling on yellow typewriter paper with a big black pencil. His mother looked at the tangled hairball he had created, pointed out some random shape and said, "Look! Youve drawn a fish!" It did, indeed, look like a fish. That was his first drawing lesson. Hes been drawing ever since.
Aside from drawing, Mikes primary interests growing up were playing whiffle ball with his older brother Leo, collecting insects, stamps, coins, bottle caps, baseball cards, etc., building model planes, playing Davy Crockett in the backyard and fishing. He was also interested in watching the creation of his parents magazine cartoons during the 50s and finally, the birth of the first Berenstain Bears book in 1962. Hes often asked which is his favorite Berenstain Bear book. The answer is THE BERENSTAIN BEARS PICNIC, created when he was twelve. It features a picture of Papa Bear getting a big load of garbage dumped on his head. He thought this was very funny. Ever since, hes enjoyed drawing garbageapple cores, banana peels, old bed springs and the like.
Mike attended art school in Philadelphia in the early 70s, then worked as a designer in the Childrens Book Department of a New York publisher before starting his career as an author and illustrator. His first childrens book was published in 1976 followed by some thirty more over the next sixteen years. These ranged in subject from wizards to dinosaurs.
Since the late 80s, he has been very much involved as a writer and illustrator with his familys creation, the Berenstain Bears. He continues to work with his mother, Jan, creating new books, writing and illustrating.
Aside from the bears, Mike is interested in many thingsin classical music, American history, astronomy and physics. He likes to ski. He spends a lot of time with horses.
Mike is married, his wifes name is Andrea. They have three children whose antics and activities growing up have provided inspiration for many Berenstain Bears books over the years."
Mike's earliest memory is of his parents studio in suburban Philadelphia. He remembers sitting on the floor scribbling on yellow typewriter paper with a big black pencil. His mother looked at the tangled hairball he had created, pointed out some random shape and said, "Look! Youve drawn a fish!" It did, indeed, look like a fish. That was his first drawing lesson. Hes been drawing ever since.
Aside from drawing, Mikes primary interests growing up were playing whiffle ball with his older brother Leo, collecting insects, stamps, coins, bottle caps, baseball cards, etc., building model planes, playing Davy Crockett in the backyard and fishing. He was also interested in watching the creation of his parents magazine cartoons during the 50s and finally, the birth of the first Berenstain Bears book in 1962. Hes often asked which is his favorite Berenstain Bear book. The answer is THE BERENSTAIN BEARS PICNIC, created when he was twelve. It features a picture of Papa Bear getting a big load of garbage dumped on his head. He thought this was very funny. Ever since, hes enjoyed drawing garbageapple cores, banana peels, old bed springs and the like.
Mike attended art school in Philadelphia in the early 70s, then worked as a designer in the Childrens Book Department of a New York publisher before starting his career as an author and illustrator. His first childrens book was published in 1976 followed by some thirty more over the next sixteen years. These ranged in subject from wizards to dinosaurs.
Since the late 80s, he has been very much involved as a writer and illustrator with his familys creation, the Berenstain Bears. He continues to work with his mother, Jan, creating new books, writing and illustrating.
Aside from the bears, Mike is interested in many thingsin classical music, American history, astronomy and physics. He likes to ski. He spends a lot of time with horses.
Mike is married, his wifes name is Andrea. They have three children whose antics and activities growing up have provided inspiration for many Berenstain Bears books over the years."
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September 21, 2021
My thoughts: The berenstain bears have over committed themselves and find themselves too busy.. they are running here and running there and late everywhere. Like many of us in the real world they didn't know what to do or how to solve the problem. They ended up with a solution that works for them and and might work for your family, this is technically a children's book but it is geared toward parents who need help with over commitment. I was given a copy free and all opinions are my own.
March 15, 2022
My kids need to hear this, but got from point A to B in a quick way in the last page.
October 11, 2021
**Disclosure**This book was sent to me free of charge for my honest review from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
About the Book:
Encourages children that doing your best to keep your word and be on time is not only the polite thing to do, it’s also the right thing to do in this inspiring story from the Berenstain Bears Living Lights collection.
The Bear family is a busy family. They have lots to do like getting to school and soccer practice and music lessons and the grocery store. They have to go to the doctor, the dentist, the vet, the barber, and even the beauty parlor every now and then.
The trouble is, everyone is always running late.
The family gathers around the Storybook Bible and learns a powerful lesson from Jonah, giving them a renewed purpose and focus. Inspired by the good advice from the Bible, Papa Bear comes up with a lateness plan ... but will the rest of the Bear family stick with it?
The Berenstain Bears Bears on Time:
Is an inspiring book from the bestselling The Berenstain Bears brand
Gently encourages children 4-8 to think about their own manners and etiquette
My Review:
My parents always taught me that part of being on time revolved around honesty, integrity and consideration of others. You tell someone you will be somewhere at a certain time, its your responsibility to make sure that happens. No excuses! So like a good child I passed that on to my own children. It is a very good quality to have.
The Berenstain Bears series is all about the best virtues and qualities to instill into the younger generation and this addition is no different. Papa soon realized the domino effect of not being on time and he set out to implement a plan perfect for them.
About the Book:
Encourages children that doing your best to keep your word and be on time is not only the polite thing to do, it’s also the right thing to do in this inspiring story from the Berenstain Bears Living Lights collection.
The Bear family is a busy family. They have lots to do like getting to school and soccer practice and music lessons and the grocery store. They have to go to the doctor, the dentist, the vet, the barber, and even the beauty parlor every now and then.
The trouble is, everyone is always running late.
The family gathers around the Storybook Bible and learns a powerful lesson from Jonah, giving them a renewed purpose and focus. Inspired by the good advice from the Bible, Papa Bear comes up with a lateness plan ... but will the rest of the Bear family stick with it?
The Berenstain Bears Bears on Time:
Is an inspiring book from the bestselling The Berenstain Bears brand
Gently encourages children 4-8 to think about their own manners and etiquette
My Review:
My parents always taught me that part of being on time revolved around honesty, integrity and consideration of others. You tell someone you will be somewhere at a certain time, its your responsibility to make sure that happens. No excuses! So like a good child I passed that on to my own children. It is a very good quality to have.
The Berenstain Bears series is all about the best virtues and qualities to instill into the younger generation and this addition is no different. Papa soon realized the domino effect of not being on time and he set out to implement a plan perfect for them.
September 23, 2021
We love the Berenstain Bears, and have done so for generations in our family. The voice of the Bears has changed somewhat over the years, but the overarching message of goodness and kindness remains. Loved how this book artfully tied in the Bible story of Jonah and the whale for young readers--we all enjoyed! Thanks for sending a copy for review our way, Zonderkidz!
December 9, 2023
Contains a retelling of part of the story of Jonah; not great. They summarize the moral of Jonah as “never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” That’s not the main idea of the book.
April 9, 2024
Timely reminder
This was an enjoyable analogy of the prophet Jonah, relating how Jonah's reluctance to obey God equates to inefficient use of time.
This was an enjoyable analogy of the prophet Jonah, relating how Jonah's reluctance to obey God equates to inefficient use of time.
August 10, 2024
Lovely meaningful story.
Liked the bible story inside the story. My kids really enjoyed it a lot! hope we find more good books like this one.
Liked the bible story inside the story. My kids really enjoyed it a lot! hope we find more good books like this one.
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews