The Berenstain Bears Get the Gimmies

Brother and Sister Bear get a bad case of the "gimmies" - everytime Mama and Papa Bear take them anywhere, the siblings throw a fit to get everything they see, whether it be candy, toys, or a turn on a mechanical ride. And opportunities for these fits abound - the supermarket, the mall, and everywhere in between. Luckily, Grizzly Gramps and Gran suggest a plan to curb the cubs' gimmies.

The Berenstain Bears "First Time Books" were all among my favorites as a young child/early reader. I remember being too young to read and staying up at night under the covers with a flashlight just looking at the pictures and imagining the story. Once I could read, these were among the books I read over and over again. As an adult, some parts of the book show more make me laugh a little (i.e., the main characters are named Mama Bear, Papa Bear, Brother Bear, Sister Bear -- really? That was as imaginative as the authors could get?). The books also come across now as perhaps overly preachy and moralistic, although I think I learned as much (if not more) about manners and good behavior from the Berenstain Bears books than the adults in my life. And this particular story of curbing greedy impulses is only more important in these days of ubiquitous ways to obtain instant gratification -- for children and adults. show less

I read this book just once to a friend's nephew, but I had to come here and say what a nasty preachy piece of work it is. I've never liked books where naughty kids get what's coming to them (I'm looking at you, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and you, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle) but this book takes it to a next level of vileness by being about the parents' discussing their kids' behavior and deciding how to keep them in line. It would have been more honest of "Stan and Jan Berenstain" or whoever actually produced this foul stain to write about an afternoon of drinking wine coolers and yelling at talk shows for all the edification this provides.

The Berenstain Bears Collection is my go to, when wanting to enforce but not scold my children. Not sure if its all parents, I am that parent dreads shopping with my children. They want E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G. Graciously the Berenstains had me covered, yet again. Before leaving for the store we decide on ONE item, once they start the “gimmies” (begging) they leave with nothing. It takes a while for them to catch on, however it is a little tax to pay for your sanity.

This is the story of how the ever loved Berenstain Bears dealt with Brother and Sister having a case of "The galloping greedy gimmies." It tells of how the children always throw tantrums when they get to a store and beg and plead to get a toy or a treat, causing a scene. Gran and Gramps come to the rescue of Papa and Mama and tell them of how they cured Papa of the galloping greedy gimmies when he was young. I liked this book because it contains the classic bear characters and the expressive pictures. The main message of the book is that we need to be thankful for what we have, and we must not constantly be wanting more. This storyline is something that every child has experienced, so it easily connects with the reader, keeping him or show more her engaged. show less

This Berenstain Bears shows what happens when cubs down with a bad case of the gimmies. Brother and Sister bear want everything in sight when they go to the supermarket with Mama and Papa bear. When they are refused something they both throw horrible tantrums, kicking and screaming. Mama and Papa bear decide that it needs to stop. The cubs need to learn to appreciate the things that they have so they come up with a solution that works for everyone. This would be an excellent book for classroom use! There is a time in everyone's life when they have to realize that they can't get everything they want. Throwing tantrums certainly don't help. Students could get together and brainstorm reasons why and what they should be thankful for what show more they have. show less

I loved The Berenstain Bears as a child, and I'm thrilled that my children love them too. We've had Berenstain Bear books and movie/videos in our collection for years.... each of my 5 children have loved them, and has gone through a Berenstain Bears phase at some point..... my youngest, 7, is currently in this phase. These books are part of our bedtime reading every night.

This one is one of my daughters favorites, she requests this one often.

The Bernstein Bears Get the Gimmies is a book about the bear family cubs wanting everything that they see. It starts all with the Papa & Mama giving them more and more items that the cubs wanted. Mama bear is the first to want to put a stop to it, but Papa bear thought was cubs will be cubs. Until the cubs embarrass Papa and Mama at the supermarket, that was enough for them to take action. With Gramps and Gran bears help they came up with a great solution, which Mama, Papa and the cubs could agree with.

I can relative to this book, with my little ones thinking they need everything that they see. Sometime they cry and plead with me to get things that they wanted. My husband and I have a good system that works. First thing we are a team show more that sticks together. We have five children so we never let them know they out number us. The final thing is communication.

Good class room extension ideas could be talking about manners, how we need to use our words and act in public places. You could also use this book to talk about making choices and decisions for them selves. There are also great new words to explore like outrageous, disgraceful, embarrassing and many more. show less