The Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor

The Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor

Title: The Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Authors: Stan Berenstain

Illustrator: Jan Berenstain

Awards: None

Age Group: 4-8 year olds

This is a great book that can relate to children’s experiences of going to the doctor or if they’ve never been this book could help them not be as worried about it. It gives a great description of what really happens at the doctor’s office.

Summary:

The night before Mama Bear tells them that they will be going in for a checkup tomorrow at the doctors and Sister has never been to one of those before so she is worried about it a little. On the way to the doctors Sister asks if Mama or Papa has ever had a checkup and Papa says I don’t need them because I never get sick. Then the doctor did some routine things such as taking their weight, checking their ears, checking their temperatures and more. But then the doctor says that it is time to get some shots, at first Sister is scared but the doctor talks her through it and all of a sudden it’s done and she realizes it didn’t even hurt that bad, she was so proud of her self. But then Papa sneezed a huge sneeze, so the doctor checked him out and it turns out he WAS sick, and so the doctor gave him some medicine and Sister got to take care of him.

I believe this is a great book to have in the classroom, to have for individual reading time as a way to have a first time experiences type of book for the students to read and maybe relate.

The appropriate grade level for this book would be Kinder-2nd grade. This book does have quite a few words to a page but has big text so it is easier to read. It is also a part of a “first time” series of books so you could have the whole collection if you wanted but this book would probably be more suitable for younger grades.

This could be a book to read aloud for a unit on important jobs in the community, this one could be a read aloud for the job of a doctor. Also this book can be used on a unit of experiences that the student might go through as well.

HAVE FUN READING!💙-Lacy