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Tales From the Care Bears
A Sister for Sam
Cheer Bear, a Care Bear from the land of Care-a-Lot who always knows the right thing to say, helps Sam overcome his anxiety and resentment against his brand new baby sister.
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43 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1983
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April 23, 2025A Sister for Sam
Sam wakes up to find that his mother was taken the the hospital last night and he has a new baby sister. His grandma was the one that stayed with him last night. (The weird way this is worded leaves me wondering how Sam didn’t know his mother was pregnant and close to delivering. Did he think his mother was just getting fat?) He tells him to go to the kitchen and his grandmother will give him breakfast.
Sam has a lot of questions for his grandmom. (Why didn’t Sam’s parents sit him down and talk to him about this before the baby got there? It sounds like they didn’t say anything to him about this AT ALL). He wants to know how big she is. Will she have hair? What can she do? Will she talk to him?
Grandma says she weighs less than 8lbs about the size of his cat. She can’t say anything yet but she can cry (and he will DEFINITELY find this out.) He wants to know when his mommy will be home and his grandma says in three days and then he’ll get to meet Emily. (Sam enjoy those three days while you can!).
Sam goes to his room. He still has questions that he didn’t ask. Will he like this baby? Will it like him? He wishes he had someone to ask his questions too. Three days later, they bring the baby home and everyone makes a fuss over her. Sam doesn’t see the big deal. The baby gets some stuffed animals from Aunt Ellen and Uncle George takes pictures. Sam is like why tho? She can’t even walk. Sam goes in his room and looks out the window at the rain. He wishes again he had someone to talk too.
Sam sees a rainbow in the sky and then hears someone say they’re sure his baby sister will like him and he’ll like her most of the time. Sam whirls around and sees a bear sitting in his chair with a rainbow on it’s belly. Sam is startled and ask who are you and where do you come from. The bear says its name is Cheer Bear and he’s connected to rainbows. He’ll stick around and answer his questions. (Is Cheer Bear a boy or a girl? I always thought girl bear.) Sam thinks this is a good idea.
Sam confesses that he doesn’t think he likes his new sister. Cheer Bear says there will be times when he feels neglected but his parents love him. But should he ever feel that way tell (him? Her?) and (he’ll? She’ll?) give him a big, warm, hug. Emily starts to cry a lot and Sam wonders why she has to make so much noise. Cheer Bear says -and this is a little odd- I know she’s a bother to everyone but just talk to me so you won’t let all that anger built up. (I was expecting something like she’s a baby. It’s the only way she knows to communicate. You’ll just have to put up with it for a little while. Be patient with her!).
Emily requires a lot of attention. When she isn’t crying she’s sleeping. When she wakes up she needs her diaper changed. Then she needs milk and sometimes another diaper. It starts to get under Sam’s skin because he has to wait for what he needs and he doesn’t like that. Sometimes he stamped his feet and shouted. (I remember when my cousin who has 4 other siblings had a melt down because he was the oldest and got fed up having to wait all the time. At the time maybe it was just 2 other siblings.)
When he did this he got sent to his room. He didn’t talk to anyone. Sometimes he hide under his bed. Sometimes he talks to Cheer Bear and he says sometimes Emily makes him so mad. Cheer Bear encourages him to show him how angry he is and he throws his toys around and cries. Cheer Bear says one day Emily won’t be so small and she’ll be a lot more interesting. And she does. She learns to roll over, smile, hold things, and make more noises.
Eventually she learns to sit up, crawl, stand, and then giggle. Then her hair starts to turn curly. Then she *really* gets interesting and starts to get into his things. This makes Sam mad and when he gets mad he tries to make Emily upset and cry. But she just makes noises because she doesn’t know words. This just makes Sam angrier.
When he tells Cheer Bear she says she thinks Emily is about to talk. The noises are just her way of practicing. He tries to help her but all she can say are “Goo” and “Gah.” (Sometimes together). He even tries to teach her to say Bear. (Now here is where Cheer Bear *could* have said (nicely) you can’t push her. She’ll talk when she’s ready. As I learned some children take longer than others. That’s a whole nother book tho.
Emily turns 1 and has a party. For some reason they’re psychic and just know she’s gonna say a word at this party. Her mother thinks it’ll be mama. Her daddy thinks it’ll be Da-da. Sam thinks it’ll be Sam. It’s BEAR! Sam is happy because she said a word that’s special to him and thus she’ll be an ok sister (just because she said bear? Okaaay). Then as confirmation he looks up and sees a rainbow.
My Thoughts:
I’m just gonna say it. These parents were NOT good parents AT ALL! They actually kind of sucked! And I’m not a parent but REALLY? Even though this little boy looks like he’s about 5, you should say SOMETHING to your child if you’re expecting another child. Hey! Mommy’s gonna have a baby soon and I might have to the hospital for some days. I’m not saying you have to tell them the process of how it got there. Although with all the questions Sam had, I’m very surprised one of em wasn’t how did it get there. Sam had a lot of questions that his PARENTS not a little bear from up in the clouds should have sat down with him and answered as best they could. THEY should have told him, that his little sister might get a lot of attention right now -and possibly down the line-but they still loved him. When he acted out they should have sat down and talked to him. Did they even talk to this child at all about anything? No wonder this little boy had so much anger. Basically, he was pretty much neglected by his parents. JUST SAD! This was definitely a lesson in how NOT to handle your child getting a new sibling. Pretty much if you’re a parents is an example not to just randomly spring things on your son or daughter. No matter what age! Yes, I’ve been there!
Sam wakes up to find that his mother was taken the the hospital last night and he has a new baby sister. His grandma was the one that stayed with him last night. (The weird way this is worded leaves me wondering how Sam didn’t know his mother was pregnant and close to delivering. Did he think his mother was just getting fat?) He tells him to go to the kitchen and his grandmother will give him breakfast.
Sam has a lot of questions for his grandmom. (Why didn’t Sam’s parents sit him down and talk to him about this before the baby got there? It sounds like they didn’t say anything to him about this AT ALL). He wants to know how big she is. Will she have hair? What can she do? Will she talk to him?
Grandma says she weighs less than 8lbs about the size of his cat. She can’t say anything yet but she can cry (and he will DEFINITELY find this out.) He wants to know when his mommy will be home and his grandma says in three days and then he’ll get to meet Emily. (Sam enjoy those three days while you can!).
Sam goes to his room. He still has questions that he didn’t ask. Will he like this baby? Will it like him? He wishes he had someone to ask his questions too. Three days later, they bring the baby home and everyone makes a fuss over her. Sam doesn’t see the big deal. The baby gets some stuffed animals from Aunt Ellen and Uncle George takes pictures. Sam is like why tho? She can’t even walk. Sam goes in his room and looks out the window at the rain. He wishes again he had someone to talk too.
Sam sees a rainbow in the sky and then hears someone say they’re sure his baby sister will like him and he’ll like her most of the time. Sam whirls around and sees a bear sitting in his chair with a rainbow on it’s belly. Sam is startled and ask who are you and where do you come from. The bear says its name is Cheer Bear and he’s connected to rainbows. He’ll stick around and answer his questions. (Is Cheer Bear a boy or a girl? I always thought girl bear.) Sam thinks this is a good idea.
Sam confesses that he doesn’t think he likes his new sister. Cheer Bear says there will be times when he feels neglected but his parents love him. But should he ever feel that way tell (him? Her?) and (he’ll? She’ll?) give him a big, warm, hug. Emily starts to cry a lot and Sam wonders why she has to make so much noise. Cheer Bear says -and this is a little odd- I know she’s a bother to everyone but just talk to me so you won’t let all that anger built up. (I was expecting something like she’s a baby. It’s the only way she knows to communicate. You’ll just have to put up with it for a little while. Be patient with her!).
Emily requires a lot of attention. When she isn’t crying she’s sleeping. When she wakes up she needs her diaper changed. Then she needs milk and sometimes another diaper. It starts to get under Sam’s skin because he has to wait for what he needs and he doesn’t like that. Sometimes he stamped his feet and shouted. (I remember when my cousin who has 4 other siblings had a melt down because he was the oldest and got fed up having to wait all the time. At the time maybe it was just 2 other siblings.)
When he did this he got sent to his room. He didn’t talk to anyone. Sometimes he hide under his bed. Sometimes he talks to Cheer Bear and he says sometimes Emily makes him so mad. Cheer Bear encourages him to show him how angry he is and he throws his toys around and cries. Cheer Bear says one day Emily won’t be so small and she’ll be a lot more interesting. And she does. She learns to roll over, smile, hold things, and make more noises.
Eventually she learns to sit up, crawl, stand, and then giggle. Then her hair starts to turn curly. Then she *really* gets interesting and starts to get into his things. This makes Sam mad and when he gets mad he tries to make Emily upset and cry. But she just makes noises because she doesn’t know words. This just makes Sam angrier.
When he tells Cheer Bear she says she thinks Emily is about to talk. The noises are just her way of practicing. He tries to help her but all she can say are “Goo” and “Gah.” (Sometimes together). He even tries to teach her to say Bear. (Now here is where Cheer Bear *could* have said (nicely) you can’t push her. She’ll talk when she’s ready. As I learned some children take longer than others. That’s a whole nother book tho.
Emily turns 1 and has a party. For some reason they’re psychic and just know she’s gonna say a word at this party. Her mother thinks it’ll be mama. Her daddy thinks it’ll be Da-da. Sam thinks it’ll be Sam. It’s BEAR! Sam is happy because she said a word that’s special to him and thus she’ll be an ok sister (just because she said bear? Okaaay). Then as confirmation he looks up and sees a rainbow.
My Thoughts:
I’m just gonna say it. These parents were NOT good parents AT ALL! They actually kind of sucked! And I’m not a parent but REALLY? Even though this little boy looks like he’s about 5, you should say SOMETHING to your child if you’re expecting another child. Hey! Mommy’s gonna have a baby soon and I might have to the hospital for some days. I’m not saying you have to tell them the process of how it got there. Although with all the questions Sam had, I’m very surprised one of em wasn’t how did it get there. Sam had a lot of questions that his PARENTS not a little bear from up in the clouds should have sat down with him and answered as best they could. THEY should have told him, that his little sister might get a lot of attention right now -and possibly down the line-but they still loved him. When he acted out they should have sat down and talked to him. Did they even talk to this child at all about anything? No wonder this little boy had so much anger. Basically, he was pretty much neglected by his parents. JUST SAD! This was definitely a lesson in how NOT to handle your child getting a new sibling. Pretty much if you’re a parents is an example not to just randomly spring things on your son or daughter. No matter what age! Yes, I’ve been there!
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January 21, 2024
My elementary school library had three or four of these books. I tracked them down on eBay to see the covers, but I can't find the plot descriptions. I know I really loved these books and can still remember where they were kept in the library.
I reread this in June 2012 when Natalie started to like the Care Bears. Where was this book a year ago? This book is awesome new baby prep for older toddlers and up. It clearly depicts the emotions associated with a new sibling. Leaps and bounds better than the Berstain Bears new baby book with has survived all these years.
I reread this in June 2012 when Natalie started to like the Care Bears. Where was this book a year ago? This book is awesome new baby prep for older toddlers and up. It clearly depicts the emotions associated with a new sibling. Leaps and bounds better than the Berstain Bears new baby book with has survived all these years.
April 29, 2009
Oh man, these Care Bear books were just awesome. :D Perfect for four or five year olds who might be going through the same things. Well, I didn't have a baby sister suddenly appear, but I still enjoyed this one!
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