Young readers will enjoy reading about Papa Bear and the Bear Scouts in The Berenstain Bears Hurry to Help, another addition to the Berenstain Bears Living Lights™ series of books. Children will follow Brother and Sister Bear, the other scouts, and Scoutmaster Papa Bear as they look for ways to earn their Good Deed Merit Badges by helping others. The Berenstain Bears Hurry to Help—part of the popular Zonderkidz Living Lights series of books—is perfect for: Early readers ages 4-8 Reading out loud in classrooms, and during story time at home or at bedtime Birthday gifts, Easter, holiday gift giving, or as a new addition to your home library Sparking conversations about the importance helping others The Berenstain Bears Hurry to Help is an addition to the Living Lights™ series that: Features the hand-drawn artwork of the Berenstain family Continues in the much-loved footsteps of Stan and Jan Berenstain in this Berenstain Bears series of books Is part of one of the bestselling children’s book series ever created, with more than 250 books published and nearly 300 million copies sold to date Is a welcome addition to the popular Zonderkidz Living Lights series with over 13 million copies sold since 2008

Papa Bear complicates matters as the Bear Scouts try to earn their good deeds merit badge.

I’ll make a kite. Just wait and see, with the special talents that God gave me! Papa and the Bear cubs enter a kite flying contest with a homemade kite. They work hard and do their best, but with all the negative comments they hear from others, will their kite actually fly let alone win the contest? The Berenstain Bears Do Their Best is a welcome addition to the popular Zonderkidz Living Lights series with over 13 million copies sold since 2008.

God’s creation, we have found, has a better picture and better sound. And worlds of wonder all around! Thanks, Lord, for this world we’ve found! Mama Bear pulls the plug on TV and the Bear cubs are upset! What are they going to do now? All it takes is a peek outside for Brother and Sister to see that God has given them a beautiful world that is far more fun than the TV screen. The Berenstain Bears Discover God's Creation is a welcome addition to the popular Zonderkidz Living Lights series with over 13 million copies sold since 2008.

Are children natural philosophers? They are curious about questions such as the meaning and purpose of being alive and whether we can know anything at all. Pre-college philosophy takes as a starting point young people’s inherent interest in large questions about the human condition. Philosophy and Education: Introducing Philosophy to Young People seeks to illuminate the ways in which philosophy can strengthen and deepen pre-college education. The book examines various issues involved in teaching philosophy to young people at different grade levels, including assessing what teachers need in order to teach philosophy and describing several models for introducing philosophy into schools. Ways to explore specific branches of philosophy – ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, aesthetics, and logic – through literature, thought experiments, and games and activities, as well as traditional philosophy texts, are described. The book’s final section considers student assessment and program evaluation, and analyzes the contributions pre-college philosophy can make to education in general. Teachers and educators – and parents – all want young people to grow up with the skills they need to pursue their own goals and become productive and successful adults. Thinking independently and reasoning clearly are central to these objectives. Philosophy helps students develop some of the analytic skills they need to engage in thoughtful decision-making throughout their lives, and the richness of the questions involved can help young people maintain their awareness of the world as marvelous and mysterious.

Exploring the ethical questions posed by, in, and about children’s literature, this collection examines the way texts intended for children raise questions of value, depict the moral development of their characters, and call into attention shared moral presuppositions. The essays in Part I look at various past attempts at conveying moral messages to children and interrogate their underlying assumptions. What visions of childhood were conveyed by explicit attempts to cultivate specific virtues in children? What unstated cultural assumptions were expressed by growing resistance to didacticism? How should we prepare children to respond to racism in their books and in their society? Part II takes up the ethical orientations of various classic and contemporary texts, including 'prosaic ethics' in the Hundred Acre Wood, moral discernment in Narnia, ethical recognition in the distant worlds traversed by L’Engle, and virtuous transgression in recent Anglo-American children’s literature and in the emerging children’s literature of 1960s Taiwan. Part III’s essays engage in ethical criticism of arguably problematic messages about our relationship to nonhuman animals, about war, and about prejudice. The final section considers how we respond to children’s literature with ethically focused essays exploring a range of ways in which child readers and adult authorities react to children’s literature. Even as children’s literature has evolved in opposition to its origins in didactic Sunday school tracts and moralizing fables, authors, parents, librarians, and scholars remain sensitive to the values conveyed to children through the texts they choose to share with them.

Perfect for school, church, and home, the Berenstain Bears’ Holy Bible, NIrV is a large-print Bible for early readers. It uses the full text of the New International Reader’s Version (NIrV) written at a third-grade reading level. With the addition of 18 full-color pages of the popular Berenstain Bears illustrations with related biblical virtues, this is the perfect chance for beginning readers to embark on their first exploration of the Bible with friendly faces guiding the way. Features include: Book introductions—provide the main theme of the book and an outline of the contents Dictionary—key Bible words for quick reference Eighteen full-color pages—featuring your favorite characters from the Berenstain Bears with highlighted verses that focus on character traits and virtues (such as respect, courage, and friendship) supported by God’s Word. Large print—12-point type for easy reading Presentation page—for personalization and gift giving Reading plan—for 150 famous stories of the Bible Complete New International Reader’s Version (NIrV) text—written at a third-grade reading level and specifically designed to help early readers discover the Bible for themselves, it’s the perfect steppingstone to the NIV.