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I love the Berenstain Bears books; I remember them from being a child. I chose this book because I was creating lesson plans for one of my other classes and used this book in one of them. I think these books have so many life lessons that are applicable to children growing up and children should be exposed to these books. In this book specifically, it is about the Sister Bear who overcomes her fear of starting Kindergarten and what Mama Bear goes through during the process of her children going back to school. Since Berenstain Bears books are so prominent in elementary school classrooms. I used this book in a lesson plan as an example to create a found poem. I’d use this book along with other Berenstain Bears books (since they all have the same tone, structure, wording and lessons) distributed to the table groups in the class and use these books to create a found poem. This is a great book to read on the first day of school. ( )