It seems to have a message, but then loses it. Then they go to sleep and she tucks them in. She brings string, cards, and tiddlywinks, and they play games. The kids start out worried about it because they've had a couple of unpleasant run-ins with the babysitting woman in the past, where one lost a ball in her flower garden and the other accidentally hit her on the head with a kite. That implies that the person they settle on for the babysitter is not very community conscious. Mama and Papa get a notice about an important meeting at town hall, but everybody is going to that meeting. It's a little bit judgmental of people who use babysitters. I grew up reading the Berenstain Bears books and absolutely recommend it to teachers and parents of elementary school children, particularly those in the age range of 5-8.īabysitters are a last resort, but not scary. It is because of this that I rated the book 5 stars. I think this book, along with the rest of the Berenstain Bears books, is great for young readers because it teaches an important lesson in such a simplistic way through an entertaining story about a bear family. This is a very important lesson to teach to young children.

So often, people will surprise you and be completely different than how you may have expected them to be just based on looking at them. This book teaches a great lesson about not judging others before you know them, in other words, not judging a book by its cover. The children have the time of their lives and forget why they were so scared of her in the first place. Grizzle shows them a bag of games she brought and plays games with them tells them stories and rubs their backs before bedtime. Grizzle arrives, Brother and Sister Bear are nervous, but their worries are quickly set aside when Miss.

The young bears begin to imagine all of the terrible things that will happen when the 'evil' Miss Grizzle comes to babysit them.

Grizzle is mean because of the way she looks and keeps to herself. Brother and Sister Bear aren't happy about this because they think Miss. Grizzle, and an elderly bear who lives down the road. This particular book, The Berenstain Bears and the Sitter starts with Papa Bear and Mama Bear needing to go out to a meeting and needing someone to watch over Brother and Sister Bear while they are away because their grandparents, aunt, and cousin are all busy and unable to watch them. There are dozens of books that each teach a different lesson through a story about Papa Bear, Mama Bear, Brother Bear, and Sister Bear. The Berenstain Bears is a series of books about a family of bears written by Stan and Jan Berenstain.

The berenstain bears and the sitter