Berenstain Bears: 5-Minute Berenstain Bears Stories: Twelve Classic Family Tales Perfect for Bedtime and Giggles for Kids

The Berenstain Bears

by Jan Berenstain, Stan Berenstain, Mike Berenstain (Illustrator)

Snuggle together or find your own favorite reading spot and join Mama, Papa, Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear in their delightful adventures discovering sea creatures at the aquarium, learning to care for a kitten, having a rambunctious sleepover, and more! With heartwarming illustrations on every page, these tales have been written to be read in five minutes or less. Make the Berenstain Bears part of your story-time tradition with this new collection of classics.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

192 pages, Hardcover

First published May 26, 2015

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

[Teri · Rating 3 out of 5]

These are typical Berenstein stories. We are under a major delusion though if we think these stories take 5 minutes.

[Katt Hansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a collection this isn't bad. There were a couple of stories I heartily disliked but most of them were pretty good. I love the thick book format, and having a whole bunch of stories in one place. It makes the book feel like it has a certain substance when you read it.

I think my favorite stories were the one about the kitten and the hug and make up ones.

[Alana Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

amazing book loved the writing style

[Holly Scudero · Rating 3 out of 5]

Calling all lovers of the iconic Berenstain Bears! Authors Jan, Stan, and Mike Berenstain have compiled twelve stories featuring the beloved Bear family into a new book, 5-Minute Berenstain Bears Stories.” Each of these stories features the Bear family after the addition of baby Honey Bear, and each has been previously published as a stand-alone book. Follow the Bears as they visit the aquarium, take a train trip, learn about dinosaurs, enter their pets into a pet show, and more. Children love the Berenstain Bears because so many of their stories are so, well, normal. These are just everyday adventures, and while parents will no doubt appreciate the gentle morals sprinkled throughout these pages, kids will just enjoy watching their favorite family go to new places and encounter new situations. About the only bad thing that can be said about this book is that it contains TWELVE stories… fantastic for kids, but parents may be less enthusiastic when their little ones want to just read the entire thing straight through! This edition is fantastic for bedtime, for taking along on vacation, and, of course, for regular everyday reading.

(Review originally written for San Francisco Book Review.)

[Glynnis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love reading these with little man!
The stories aren’t as great as the stand alone ones I remember from my own childhood, and some moments rub me the wrong way (Mama Bear is treated to an evening of self care when she sits and waits for their table to be ready at a restaurant for 30 minutes alone - LUXURY! 😂), but overall a great collection.

[Phyllis M. Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some days it's nice to read a children's book and not have to "think" about it, other days it's nice to have a lesson on there, still others, it's nice to have both.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can you get any better than the Berestain Bears. No, no you can not.

I read this to my children and for the 2020 PopSugar Reading Challenge, "an anthology."

[Danny · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was great too thank you so much thanks again too

[Dean Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of my favorites in the summer of 2021 until I spilled tea on it!

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Berenstain Bears have been a family favorite with my kids. This selection isn't as good as the stand alone stories, but my little fella enjoys them.

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great cute little bear family stories with good moral teaching concepts.

[PottWab Regional Library]

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[Jodie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used to love these when I was a kid, so when I saw the collection on sale at work, I could not pass up the opportunity to introduce my favorite little people to this fantastically fun family. Can't wait to share this one with them.

[Alison Zipper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nolan (Age 4) and I read these over the course of a month.
He enjoyed reading a "big" book and that it had a table of contents :)
I enjoyed that for bedtime these stories were short, had a kindness lesson in each story. .

[Athena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great lessons on how to relate to others.

[Margaret Chind]

[Karen]

I like the older Berenstain books. Most of these stories are insanely preachy and there isn't enough charm to counter that. The pet show story is cute.

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great for that quick bedtime story when you are running a bit behind and the little ones still want to get a story in before calling it a day.