Independent reading level: Grades k-2
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Mx and Ms liked. A story resolving conflicts between the kids and M&D.

This book is for primary aged students. This is another story in the Berenstain Bears series that illustrates when brother and sister bear had a messy room. Together they learn how to organize it and make the room livable again. This is a lesson in a story for children who need to keep their rooms clean and how they can make an organization system with their parents. (Home, not the classroom.)

It made my child-heart blissfully happy when the Berenstain Bears cleaned up their room, put shelves in the closet, and labeled all their boxes. I’ve been trying to live up to that ideal ever since. ( )

The Berenstain Bears is a giant franchise spanning decades of success. The series follows a family of bears and their experiences as they age and grow up. Each volume has its own morals embedded into the story. This particular volume follows the Brother and Sister as they struggle to assign roles as to who cleans what in their room. Teaches a valuable lesson on the art of working together, I loved the Berenstain Bears growing up, and particularly remember this volume being one of my favorites. Very adorable illustrations with lots of colors, an easy plot line to follow with simple language. A must read for all children!

This is a great book in the classroom because it can teach the kids to clean up after themselves. They make their rooms so messy that the momma bear takes all their stuff away in order to teach them a lesson. ( )

From the last page:

And Papa had been right too. It was so much more enjoyable to live in a neat, clean, well-organized room--and so much more relaxing!

It wasn't as exciting to open the big storage closet now, but it was much more practical--and a lot more fun!

Sounds like propaganda to me. What six-year-old was ever worried about how "relaxing" her room was? And boxes are supposed to be fun? How? I guess maybe you could read into it that it's now easier for the cubs to find what they're looking for, so they can play games or whatever without searching, but I'm just not feeling it.

This is an excellent children's book by itself, and if you enjoy them their is an entire Berenstain Bears collection. These make excellent gifts and often have hidden lessons for children to learn. This one in particular is about what happens when the bears do not clean up. ( )

sister bear and brother bear had a messy room and eventually that room started making the two messy children. momma bear decided to take all their things that were in their messy room. eventually papa come into the room and told the bears that they had to stay neat and it was their responsibility.
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Very easy read and the pictures were a great story along with the words. ( )

This book can help children to be proud of what they have and to take care of the things they have. Keep your room clean, then the things that you own will stay in better condition longer. Take pride in what you have. ( )

The Berenstains Bears and the Messy Room is my all time favorite book. As a child my mom and I organized my closet they way brother bear does and I still believe because of this book I am a more organized person. The main reason I love this book would be because of the characters in the book. Brother bear and myself are very alike which makes the book very relatable, with his collecting of nature things such as birds nest, his love of building models, and his all around enjoyment of games any young boy can relate to him. Also sister bear is very relatable for most young girls as well, with her dolls, her stuff animals, and her joy for puzzles. These characters are super relatable and super easy to attach to as a child. Another reason I love this book are the illustrations, near the end of the book you see how the new room was organized and what my room looked like a few weeks later. This gives kids the chance to see how easy it is to clean up their room along with a great link into the story. Another great part of these pictures is the expressions on mama bears face, which allow all readers to understand how mama bear feels without even reading the text. The last reason I enjoy this book would be the language, the authors of these books manages to make these books good for reading, but they also manage to write extremely well. Some of the parts allow for great detail and others show a great message. One part "A half-done jigsaw puzzle gather dust in one corner of the room. A group of brother's dinosaur models collected cobwebs in the other." the detail and descriptiveness is just wonderful. The big picture of these book in my mind is taking care of your mess is best, don’t leave it for someone else. ( )

Summary: Brother and Sister bear are told to clean their room by mama, but every time she checks in on them she finds them fighting and ends up doing all the work. So she decides to throw all the toys in a box. Papa hears the commotion and helps mediate and get the cubs to help organize the room without arguing.

Genre: fantasy

A classic in the Berenstain Bears library. In this story, Brother and Sister Bear can't keep their room under control. Every time they're supposed to be cleaning, Mother Bear ends up doing all the work. Frustrated, she brings in the box, and starts to throw out all the junk cluttering the room, despite the kid bears' protests. Papa, hearing the commotion, comes to mediate the problem.

This is a scenario that every child and parent knows. When I was a kid, it was garbage bags instead of boxes, and my parents stored all the stuff we didn't need in the garage, where we would sometimes sneak out and reclaim a particularly valued toy that was swept up in the parent maelstrom. Now that I'm a mom myself, and my girl is just a toddler, I can already feel the purging temptation. I've given away quite a few toys that she isn't interested in; fortunately, she's too young to complain or truly notice - yet. Every family can relate to the story, and the resolution is satisfying. Plus, we need books that show kids being disobedient and parents being grumpy - because such is life - but we also benefit from the solid family unity that underpins these human flaws, and the love that overcomes them and draws the family together. The moral values presented in this story overcome disobedience and grumpiness. Another cute story with a clean moral message. ( )

I can hear my mom screaming "you are not going outside until your room is cleaned." This is the first chore that every child is given and is an important one. This one really drew out the memories of interacting with my mom and remembering she did just as Mama Bear did and came in my room and bagged up everything. I was so scared of losing everything that I either cleaned my room then on or hid everything real well.

I would love to use this in a library story time to help kids understand a clean room is a healthy room and keeps them safe. ( )

The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room is about a brother a sister who have a messy room. They get in trouble and they must clean it up. This book is good about teaching children responsibility. I would use this book in the younger elementary aged children.

Not just for children! This book serves very well as a quick read tutorial and reminder for adults who need to get organized as well. ( )

This was my favorite Berenstain Bear book. I loved to clean as a child and so this always made me want to be organized. I think this could influence young children to keep their rooms clean. Great book to read to children 1-2 grade.

1st-3rd grade. Longer book but simple words. It is about mama bear getting mad at brother and sister for their room. They end up fighting and then end up cleaning and organizing their room.

I like this book because it teaches children to clean their rooms. I think we should definitely read these kind of books to children because they usually have messy rooms. My room is always messy. I like how the mother teaches them how to organize their things. CHildren need to learn these skills.

The entire Bear family becomes involved in an attempt to clean and organize the cubs' messy room.

The book is funny with great drawings. It teaches the lesson about being clean, and cleaning up a mess after you make it.

Berenstain Bear books are always lengthy. These are great for children with a long attention span; but even better for the child who has learned to read on his or her own. I remember spending many mornings reading these books for myself. I also know, from many pained experiences, that children don't have the attention span to stay interested in the many many words on each page. This would be best for a bed time story while rocking in a chair. Your child will be asleep long before the book.
As for this particular book, maybe a book that the whole family could take a leson from in learning to help everyone get organized! ( )

I absolutely loved this book when I was little and it did what it was intended to do -- I really was inspired to clean my room! ( )

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