The Berenstain Bears Thanksgiving Blessings

By Mike Berenstain

Encourage children to be thankful for all the blessing in their lives in this heartwarming story from the Berenstain Bears Living Lights collection.

In The Berenstain Bears Thanksgiving Blessings, the Bear family is on route to Gran and Gramps’ house. It’s Thanksgiving Day and the cubs could not be more excited for pie, roast turkey, and all the trimmings. But Mama reminds them that there are more important things to be thankful for beyond the feast. Papa joins in and teaches the cubs about the many sacrifices that Bears made before them, so that they all can enjoy freedom, faith, and family today! Follow along with the Bear family as they learn an important lesson about thankfulness, and all the things they, and you, can be thankful for everyday!

The Berenstain Bears Thanksgiving Blesses:

• Is an inspiring book from the bestselling The Berenstain Bears brand
• Gently encourages children 4–8 to think about what they can be thankful for in their lives
• Is a welcome addition to the popular Zonderkidz Living Lights series with over 8.5 million copies sold since 2008

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Release date: Aug 20, 2013
• ISBN: 9780310736820

Mike Berenstain

Mike Berenstain lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he continues to write and illustrate wonderful new adventures for Mama, Papa, Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear.

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Reviews for The Berenstain Bears Thanksgiving Blessings

[sam platt · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It’s great for younger kids so they can know the meaning behind thanksgiving that it is not all about food

[lindz2012 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The Berenstain Bears Thanksgiving Blessing is a book for all children. The book is a must-have on your bookshelves if you are a Berenstain Bears fan. This book helps teach children about Thanksgiving and being thankful for the blessing that you have.This book teaches Mama and Papa as they ride through the woods to their grans and gramps place for Thanksgiving dinner. They teach about how the native Bears and pilgrims shared and started the whole Thanksgiving feast and what it means to be thankful for all the blessings you have.The blessing is quite a few things we have somewhat forgotten we came to have. Some of the blessings are Family and Friends, Faith, and religion. A few others. The cubs do mention a song that is a favorite of mine. The song is “Over the river and Through the woods.”What will your child or children learn about the history of holidays and celebrations? This book teaches a bit about it. What is your child or children learning to be Thankful for during the season? Are we teaching that children should be thankful for the blessing that they have? The many blessings we have in life have continued told in this book.