The Berenstain Bears Chapter Book: The New Girl in Town

By Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain

After Brother Bear meets the new girl in town, he can't help but feel like he's walking on sunshine. The only problem is, the new girl is from a rival clan. Can Brother Bear and his crush end the feud and be together? Or is a clash in the cards?

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Dec 26, 2012
• ISBN: 9780062188793

Stan 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.

Reviews for The Berenstain Bears Chapter Book

[nmhale_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

In this installment in the Berenstain Bears series, Brother Bear borrows a spooky story from the library, and reads part of it to Sister Bear that afternoon. When night falls on the Bear home, Sister starts to see strange shadows and hear noises ... and the Bears are in for a long night.This is classic Berenstain Bears, one of my favorites because I was so afraid of the dark myself as a child. I can relate to poor Sister's fear, and it's encouraging to children that she learns to overcome that fear so quickly. The cartoon illustrations, as in the rest of the series, are detailed and expressive, and the colors are nice and bright, despite the title. A good book in a good series, and an especially apt choice if you have a child that is struggling with being afraid of the dark.

[conuly · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is one of the earlier Berenstain Bear books, and it shows. As you can see on the the cover, the bears are less stylized and cutesy than the bears in the newer books, and the story is an early reader instead of a longer read-aloud.It's a cute little story about several cubs (sharing a bed - cosleepers take note!) who sneak out of home one night to investigate a mysterious WHOOOOOOO.There are only a few words per page, with a basic vocabulary, so this one is perfect little-little ones learning to talk as well as for early readers. The vocabulary is largely prepositions of direction - up, down, in, out, that sort of thing. And the illustrations really sell it, very cute.

[quaintlittlehead · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is not the most creative Berenstain Bears story, but deals with a topic that a lot of young children have issues with. The pictures are very nice and manage to show how there's usually a logical explanation behind everything that seems frightening, as does the resolution of the story-within-the-story. It also portrays how older siblings may think they're above being scared of things and then find out they're not. The text could use a little more panache, but this is a decent book.