The Berenstain Bears Treat Others Kindly (Berenstain Bears/Living Lights)

by Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain, and Mike Berenstain

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I LOVE omnibus storybooks and ever since I heard the Berenstain Bears were doing 3-in-1 selections I have wanted to get my hands on one. [b:The Berenstain Bears Treat Others Kindly|15857824|The Berenstain Bears Treat Others Kindly (3 Books In 1)|Jan Berenstain|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1350414061s/15857824.jpg|21607303] is a selection of three of the Christian Living Lights series with morals, values and direction back to God with a verse of scripture. Each one teaches a lesson.

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I remember from my youth a book where Brother and Sister were fighting and marked off the tree house by sides so being able to revisit that in a book for my children's generation is great. [b:The Berenstain Bears and the Forgiving Tree|9602416|The Berenstain Bears and the Forgiving Tree|Jan Berenstain|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345730135s/9602416.jpg|14489543] is a birthday story for Brother Bear where things get out of hand with excitement and miscommunication. It is a good lesson to watch and learn from Brother and Fred's mistakes to try to avoid making the same on your own.

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Living in a culture where sin is second nature teaching our children how to act kindly and put others first is not always easy especially when it seems everyone might have picked sides against you. In [b:The Berenstain Bears' Gossip Gang|10606797|The Berenstain Bears' Gossip Gang|Jan Berenstain|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1355087966s/10606797.jpg|15514746] Sister Bear is learning about what exactly gossip is and just how hurtful and harmful it can be from both sides of the equation.

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What an absolutely valuable lesson! (for the Mama and Papa's as well as kiddos...) The Berenstain Bears have always been a favorite staple of my bookshelves for as long as I can remember, but since they started the Living Lights series the moral lessons have gotten better and better and even incorporate scripture. What could be better to encourage my girls! Here and there I have found a few manners books, some I really find annoying, but others are quite cute and portray a lesson quite well.

Each of these provides a great story that I would be glad to read again for building character. The hardcover omnibus is great quality and only slightly larger than the original Berenstain Bear books.

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*Thanks to Zondervan for providing a copy for review.*

posted: http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2012/12/17/the-berenstain-bears-treat-others-kindly/