My Brown Bear Barney

by Dorothy Butler

Book Overview

Although Barney the teddy bear goes everywhere with his young owner, her mother says he'll have to stay home when she goes to school. But the spunky little girl has other plans. "Engaging....A real charmer."--School Library Journal.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688085679
• ISBN13: 9780688085674
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 3 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher

Customer Reviews

Aww. . .

This is a wonderful little book, my daughter's favorite when she was a pre-schooler. I continue to search for copies for my friends with young children. "We'll see about that!"

good childrens book

this is my grandaughters favorite book she lost her original book so I bought this as a replacement she was thrilled to have her own Brown Bear Barney again, she had been checking it out at the library

Preschoolers love this book!

As a preschool teacher, I look for books that actively engage young children and are able to pull them in to the story. This book certainly does that. Children quickly pick up the rhythym of the story. They relate to the characters. In our preschool, we have a teddy bear that we send home with the children, along with a copy of the book. The children love to be able to "read" the story to their family. They then "write" a story about the bear's adventure while at their home. This book is a perfect link for this activity. Parents and children alike love this story. Thank you Dorothy Butler for a wonderful story!

delightful book for the very young

My almost-two-year-old really enjoys this book. The pictures are very bright and colorful, the situations familiar. The different "lists" for each scenario are engagingly highlighted, and each list is made up from a master group, stimulating young minds to remember what has been used more than once, and in what situations. The pictures of each activity also can serve as a kind of "where's waldo?" game, where your child can find the brown bear. Very lyrical sound, pleasant to read, which is good, because in my house, its requested more than once.

First steps in reading.

This book was reviewed in a graduate course in reading that I was taking. My Brown Bear Barney is a predictable print book. Such books are excellent in the very early stages of reading. Children memorize the book as you read it over and over and over again. Repetition the very thing our adult mind questions, children ask for repetition that they need. They learn to "read" you the book even when the book is not there. This stage of memorization is the first stage of reading. The child then moves to recognizing the words. For example, "Is this word 'bear'?" So both kindergarten teachers and parents can use this book. It is good to have a half dozen of these predictable print books at home. (Look up: Sue William "I Went Walking".)