The Berenstain Bears New Neighbors

By Jan Berenstain and Stan Berenstain

Book Overview

Illus. in full color. A new family moves in across the street from the Berenstain Bears. It's the Panda Bears, and Papa Bear is a little bent out of shape because they're...different.??But nothing stops Brother and Sister from making friends with the new cubs. When the adults follow suit, they all learn a valuable lesson in acceptance and the dangers of bigotry.??

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679964355
• ISBN13: 9780679964353
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Thoughtful, Easy to Understand Introduction to Prejudice

This Berenstain book introduces the issues of bigotry and prejudice very well. Pandas move across the street, and Papa Bear is immediately suspicious and a bit miffed by their arrival. He misunderstands the new bears gestures such as planting bamboo sticks for food, and assumes it is an insulting fence. One really delightful thing about this book is the calm easy accuracy about prejudice. Children will relate to Papa's fears and concerns, but they will also understand how incorrect his feelings are when the children bears befriend each other. It shows how easy it is too make an untrue and unfair assumption about another individual. (Interestingly enough, unlike the Arthur books by Marc Brown, this is one of the very few Berenstain Bear books with different looking animals!) The book really works!