Stan Berenstain - The Birds, the Bees, and the Berenstain Bears

Copyright 2000 by Berenstain Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Random House Childrens Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
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Berenstain, Stan, 1923 The birds, the bees, and the Berenstain Bears / Stan and Jan Berenstain. p. cm. (A first time book) Summary: When Mama announces that she is going to have a baby, Sister Bear is curious about where the baby came from and how it is going to get out of Mamas body.
eISBN: 978-0-375-98692-5
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BearsFiction.] I. Berenstain, Jan, 1923. II. Title: The Birds, the Bees, and the Berenstain Bears. III. Series: Berenstain, Stan, 1923.

First time book.
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Sister Bear was a very busy young cub. She liked all different kinds of things. She liked to watch the clouds go by. She liked the color pink. She certainly liked her dolls. She had three of them: a rag doll, a Kewpie doll, and a baby doll that opened and closed her eyes and said, Mama! Sister liked to do all kinds of different things.

She liked to run and jump and climb. She liked to jump rope. She liked to ride her trike. Sister wondered about all different kinds of things. She wondered why the sky was blue. She wondered why the stars twinkled.

She wondered what made the wind blow. She reminded herself to ask Papa about those things. One day when Mama took her up onto her lap to read a book, Sister wondered why Mamas lap was getting smaller. Mama, she said. Your lap is getting smaller. Thats true, said Mama.

Why is that? asked Sister. Why do you suppose? said Mama. Maybe its because youre eating too much, said Sister. Mama laughed and said, I certainly hope not. No, the answer is that Im going to have a baby. Oh, she said. Oh, she said.

Mama? Yes, dear, said Mama. Arent you going to read the book? said Sister. Yes, said Mama. She read the book. When are you going to have a baby? asked Sister a couple of days later. Not for many months, said Mama.

You see, the baby is very small now. Its growing in a special place in my body. What kind of special place? asked Sister. Its called a womb, said Mama. Sister thought about that. Sounds like, but isnt like, said Mama. Sounds like, but isnt like, said Mama.

Its a special place that all mamas have where babies can start and grow. Sister could accept that. A few days later, Sister was playing with her dolls when Mama walked by. Hows it going to get out? asked Sister. How is what going to get out? asked Mama. Thats a good question, said Mama. Thats a good question, said Mama.

Im just about to leave for my appointment with Dr. Gert. Why dont you come along and ask her? Shes very good at answering questions. Okay, said Sister. Oh, Brother, would you like to come along? No thanks, said Brother, who was in the middle of making a model airplane. I went through that before you were born.

Sister could accept that. Hello, Sister, said Dr. Gert. Im glad to see you. As you know, your mama is going to have another baby.