The Berenstain Bears: A Joyful Counting Activity to Reflect on Gratitude

Amazon Customer: This story got my 5-year-old grandson talking about the blessings in his own life with no prompting from me. The story is engaging and offered us some sweet moments as we found more and more blessings in our lives as the story progressed.

United States on Aug 29, 2023

JW: The message in this book is awesome! I think all kids can benefit from this story. My toddler requests this one often.

United States on Aug 28, 2023

Linda Graybill: Love those Bears

United States on Aug 24, 2023

florence: They loved the lesson taught by the authors! Great way to teach young children!!!

United States on Jul 31, 2023

Maureen Kennedy: The Berenstain Bears series of books have been our family's source of reading entertainment for almost 40 years and now our little granddaughter gets to enjoy them as well!

Canada on Oct 17, 2022

SK580x: Good story

Canada on Oct 16, 2020

margret schalm: Our grandchildren LOVE these books. Nice to see more of the ones with Godly values to them!

Canada on Mar 09, 2020

Annie J.: Lovely book, teaches stuff you want your child to learn

India on Aug 25, 2016

C. Meyer: My daughter loves all of her Berenstain Bears Books and movies. I like them because they teach her valuable lessons and are clean!

Canada on Apr 21, 2015

Castle: We bought this book along with  The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Dream  and  The Berenstain Bears and the Blame Game.  just before Christmas. I wrote Amazon reviews for those books, so please check them out.

I'm sorry to say this title is not up to par with the best of the Berenstain Bears series (I've listed several of our favorites below).

The story follows both young bears' habit of visiting friends and returning home with a laundry list of "I wants" that drives Mama Bear crazy. However, the book strangely ends with Mama and Papa Bear talking about spoiling their kids with more toys so the parents can "count their blessings."

A powerful rainstorm and subsequent power outage are used to illustrate the blessings of home and family. That's a good start but the book leaves out much. The story doesn't mention anyone less fortunate than the Berenstain Bears family, which leaves a hole in the moral of the story. I had hoped to use the book to launch a discussion with my young sons about counting your blessings, especially during the holidays, as well as to share some of our good fortune with others. Sadly, the book didn't provide much of a...

United States on Jan 09, 2009