The Berenstain Bears Save Christmas
The Berenstain Bears Save Christmas

The Berenstain Bears Save Christmas

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4 - 8
Reading age
48
Page count
40
Words per page
~720L
Lexile measure
Sep 23, 2003
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Happy Holidays!Well, maybe not so happy as far as Mama Bear is concerned. She misses Christmas past, when her family gathered together around a little tree, with feelings of love and goodwill. But this year it seems as if everybody in Bear Country has gone Christmas-crazy – fighting for the last toy on the shelf, jamming the roadways with honking cars, and covering Bear homes with enough Christmas lights to blot out the stars. Mama Bear isn’t the only one who thinks this Christmas lacks the true holiday spirit. Someone is watching the Bears on his scanner-machine – someone who knows more about Christmas than anyone and doesn’t like what he sees one bit. It is Santa Bear, of course, and he’s ready to take drastic action! Only the Berenstain Bears can change his mind, but will they be in time to save Christmas?Like the Bear family, Stan, Jan, and Mike Berenstain have the true Christmas spirit in their hearts, and they prove it with this merry holiday story.

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      Author
      Jan Berenstain

      Stan and Jan Berenstain were already successful cartoonists for magazines and adult humor books when they began writing children’s books. The first story starring the bear family, The Big Honey Hunt, appeared in 1962. Since then, more than 360 Berenstain Bears books have been published, and more than 300 million copies have been sold. What began as an idea sparked by their young sons’ love of reading has become one of the best-selling children’s book series ever!

      Author
      Stan Berenstain

      Stan Berenstain and his wife, Jan, were already successful cartoonists for magazines and adult humor books when they began writing children’s books. The first story starring the bear family, The Big Honey Hunt, appeared in 1962. Since then, more than 300 Berenstain Bears books have been published and more than 260 million copies have been sold. What began as an idea sparked by their young sons’ love of reading has become over the years arguably the best-selling children’s book series ever. Since their inception, the Berenstain Bears stories have expanded to include picture books, beginning readers, and chapter books—even a hit TV show on PBS. Writing and illustrating the books has become a Berenstain family affair. Mike joined with his parents as a creative team in the late 1980s. The Bear family has expanded over the years as well. Sister Bear arrived in 1974, and baby Honey joined the family in 2000.

      Illustrator
      Mike Berenstain

      Stan and Jan Berenstain introduced the first Berenstain Bears books in 1962. Mike Berenstain grew up watching his parents work together to write about and draw these lovable bears. Eventually he started drawing and writing about them too. Though Stan died in 2005 and Jan in 2012, Mike continues to create the delightful Bear adventures from his studio in Pennsylvania, in an area that looks much like the sunny dirt road deep in Bear Country.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780060526702
    Publication Date
    September 23, 2003
    Publisher
    HarperFestival
    Original Publication Date
    September 23, 2003
    Page Count
    48
    Words Per Page
    40
    Audience
    Picture
    Reading Age
    4 - 8 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2002151782
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    50960672
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~720L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~Q
    ATOS® Book Level
    4.6
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    0.5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    73732
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    LG

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