I’m not fully on board with this message but it is true a child can run into this situation.

It is autumn and Brother and Sister Bear plan their trick or treat night with guidance from Mama Bear.

They decide to avoid the older woman on one street. They meet a group of boys planning mischief but before anything happens their older neighbor is revealed to be..a nice senior.

On the one hand this can show how to reach out and include children going down the wrong path. And it shows you can get to know someone beyond their appearance to the person within. On the other hand it does imply a house getting toilet papered.

A story for discussion.

Brother and Sister Bear are looking forward to Halloween in this entry in The Berenstain Bears picture-book series, excited to be allowed to go trick-or-treating without adult supervision for the first time. As the two plot their route, they plan to give old Miz McGrizz's gnarled, twisted old treehouse a wide berth, given the rumors that she is a witch. Although Mama Bear tells them that their elderly neighbor is nothing of the sort, the two must learn for themselves that appearances can be deceiving...

Like many American children, I grew up reading about the Berenstain Bears, an anthropomorphic ursine family living in a cozy treehouse in Bear Country, whose adventures always illustrated some moral point. The characters first appeared in the 1962 The Big Honey Hunt, edited by none other than Dr. Seuss, and included in the Random House Beginner Books collection. Since that time, hundred of other books have been produced, as well as a television show, video games, plays, and films. I don't think I read The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat as a child, as it was published well after the period when I gravitated toward picture-books, but I have added it to my "sweet youth" shelf all the same. The story is engaging, and while it had an overt didactic aim, it didn't feel overly preachy to me. The story idea here - an elderly woman is mistaken for a witch by the children in her neighborhood - has also been explored in such children's books as Carol Carrick's Old Mother Witch, Sine Van Mole's Meena, and Ruth M. Arthur's A Cottage for Rosemary, amongst many others. The artwork in this one is colorful and cute, like all of the Berenstains' books, and captures the fun and frights of Halloween night.

In sum, an engaging, entertaining Halloween story for the picture-book set, one which addresses an important theme: namely, that we should not judge others based upon their appearance. ( )

the bear children are getting ready for halloween. they are scared of Miz McGrizz but their parents say that she is a sweet old lady. as the bears go through their halloween night, they realize that Miz McGrizz really is a nice woman and that not everything is as scary as it seems.
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This Berenstein book is another story that takes the reader on an adventure! This is a story that takes the reader through a the traditions of a Halloween holiday! Children finding awesome fun and scary costumes and families carving pumpkins making scary faces in them! This story some of the characters are scared of Halloween and how some aspects of the holiday can be a bit creepy and scary. Well the characters go through some adventure through the woods to find out things are not always as it seems! This is a great book that children can relate to! Such a fun book is jump into! ( )

This book is great for boys and girls as it gets close to Halloween. It also teaches the concept of not judging someone by their outside appearance