PENGUIN The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers

I like the balanced view from this book about how and why to look out for stranger danger - it uses the analogy of bad & good apples in the barrel to emphasize how most people are harmless, but you can't tell just by looking & its important to be careful just in case. The only things I would say is that it does place a bit too much emphasis for my liking on reasons to be scared at the start - although it then goes on to explain why this isn't necessary, I was cautious that this might be the initial impression my daughter had that would then stay with her...I also did find this a bit old for my daughter (who has just turned 3 but has good language skills) & so had to translate quite a bit of the language to her level

It has some good ideas but I found it 'wandered' a bit when I first read it. It did start to feel as if some of the story was included just to make the book longer and it gave it a confused and muddled feel. Granddaughter was a bit bored by the end. Not as good as some of the other stories in this range.

Its a long book for any child under 5 i think. I do like the examples and i will use it once my child it a little older

A great book to introduce the idea to young children of the need to be cautious with unknown people. The language is age appropriate without being condescending, and the story is engaging. I'd recommend this book be on all bookshelves for little people to access!

Lovely book with an important message