The Berenstain Bears and the Gift of Courage by Jan & Mike Berenstain

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdT7neC65_evFoN5ybKnG8e-0qFvuQF8Qbyxc3fmqnD9hQr5F4ZOPZTcFkx6hO8B0JxukCCLKeu_0Cyiff4U79hSIMrYyjlkFxBy8S3V1oTP4tYcMYJ2VlW3YvH_VaZM981DmP1M8B-g/s1600/FIRSTWildCardTours2.jpg"><a href="http://firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com/"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 145px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdT7neC65_evFoN5ybKnG8e-0qFvuQF8Qbyxc3fmqnD9hQr5F4ZOPZTcFkx6hO8B0JxukCCLKeu_0Cyiff4U79hSIMrYyjlkFxBy8S3V1oTP4tYcMYJ2VlW3YvH_VaZM981DmP1M8B-g/s200/FIRSTWildCardTours2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480264388542368882" /></a></a>It is time for a <span style="color:#990000;"><strong><a href="http://firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com/">FIRST Wild Card Tour</a></span></strong> book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! <span style="color:#990000;"><strong>Enjoy your free peek into the book!</strong></span><br /><br /><font color="#cc0000"><em>You never know when I might play a wild card on you!</em></font><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>Today's Wild Card author is: </strong><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.berenstainbears.com/">Jan & Mike Berenstain</a></span></strong><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">and the book:</span> </span></strong><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310712564">The Berenstain Bears and the Gift of Courage</a></span></strong><br /></p><p align="center">Zonderkidz (April 9, 2010) <br /></p>***Special thanks to Krista Ocier of Zondervan for sending me a review copy.***<br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">ABOUT THE AUTHORS:</span> </span></strong></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QNhpL0olLmCZfzFY7E9dK_E0OFEDjAFMLzdVbm26T7Vecw2phzSB0XX1dd43giT6cZ2UY8GguHjpOILhBF_AvAdlx1GFduB2MyNmOO7zZo7ivrXP0UgWAv6cbm_BygYvzjk2weJ84UY/s1600/mike.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 125px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QNhpL0olLmCZfzFY7E9dK_E0OFEDjAFMLzdVbm26T7Vecw2phzSB0XX1dd43giT6cZ2UY8GguHjpOILhBF_AvAdlx1GFduB2MyNmOO7zZo7ivrXP0UgWAv6cbm_BygYvzjk2weJ84UY/s200/mike.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506939577331231538" /></a><br />Stan and Jan Berenstain introduced the first Berenstain Bear books in 1962. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdM0H3Pyzk563rFAPn5O3lk5NzaV9DHWwQ_UIZUOuplYRgqs-n4IYWPlVnLmd5JXEQ-OtPbPJBFnVv2LWlX7iOGp3joPFORFu_aBCJdB_1S5cFO1fshhnlkq18JHh9_NW74RRJIgtAn0/s1600/stanjansmall.jpeg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 95px; height: 115px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdM0H3Pyzk563rFAPn5O3lk5NzaV9DHWwQ_UIZUOuplYRgqs-n4IYWPlVnLmd5JXEQ-OtPbPJBFnVv2LWlX7iOGp3joPFORFu_aBCJdB_1S5cFO1fshhnlkq18JHh9_NW74RRJIgtAn0/s200/stanjansmall.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506939695994084978" /></a>Mike Berenstain grew up watching his parents work together to write about and draw these lovable bears. Eventually he started drawing and writing about them too. Mike is married to Andrea, and they have three children. They live in Pennsylvania, in an area that looks a lot like Bear Country. <br /><br /><br />Visit the authors' <a href="http://www.berenstainbears.com/">website</a>.<br /><br /><br />Product Details:<br /><br />List Price: $3.99<br />Reading level: Ages 4-8<br />Paperback: 32 pages <br />Publisher: Zonderkidz (April 9, 2010) <br />Language: English <br />ISBN-10: 0310712564 <br />ISBN-13: 978-0310712565 <br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">PRESS THE BROWSE BUTTON TO VIEW THE FIRST CHAPTER:</span> </strong><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1AczrYl24P3J6OITvi56Bo4-hTBUjdsZHrQfEBYdKEw7rhrO0XHlcyANQa3C_vmPZp6SoQKWgtqSBXYSvxlI89nj4zh46KLZWs_9yzoK0QshGilcUyzbzH3Pt2uQ82TPhD_g4TTkJE8/s1600/The+Berenstain+Bears+and+the+Gift+of+Courage.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1AczrYl24P3J6OITvi56Bo4-hTBUjdsZHrQfEBYdKEw7rhrO0XHlcyANQa3C_vmPZp6SoQKWgtqSBXYSvxlI89nj4zh46KLZWs_9yzoK0QshGilcUyzbzH3Pt2uQ82TPhD_g4TTkJE8/s200/The+Berenstain+Bears+and+the+Gift+of+Courage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508818582143695202" /></a><div style="OVERFLOW: auto; HEIGHT: 307px"><div class="zondervanbrowseinside" style="margin: 5px 0; color: white; text-align: left; width: 142px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px;"><div><div style="height: 29px; background: url('http://www.zondervan.com/zondervan/images/bi_bg_top.gif') no-repeat;"><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 6px; float:left; width: 18px; height: 20px; margin-left: 10px;"><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" title="Go to: Zondervan.com" href="http://www.zondervan.com">Z</a></div><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 95px; height: 12px; margin-left: 5px;"><a style="display: block; height: 10px;" title="Browse Inside The Berenstain Bears and the Gift of Courage By:Jan & Mike Berenstain" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Zondervan/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310712565&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidget63b712a6-0015-44bf-befc-6f5ee93d064a" target="_blank" >Browse Inside</a></div></div><div style="padding-top: 2px; text-align: center; padding-left: 1px; background: url('http://www.zondervan.com/zondervan/images/bi_bg_mid.gif') repeat-y;"><a href="http://www.zondervan.com/Zondervan/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310712565&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidget63b712a6-0015-44bf-befc-6f5ee93d064a" target="_blank" ><img style="border:none; width: 124px; display: inline;" alt="Cover of The Berenstain Bears and the Gift of Courage" title="Browse Inside The Berenstain Bears and the Gift of Courage By:Jan & Mike Berenstain" src="http://www.zondervan.com/images/product/medium/0310712564.jpg"></a></div><div style="height: 39px; background: url('http://www.zondervan.com/zondervan/images/bi_bg_bottom.gif') bottom no-repeat;"><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 10px;"><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" title="Browse Inside The Berenstain Bears and the Gift of Courage By:Jan & Mike Berenstain" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Zondervan/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310712565&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidget63b712a6-0015-44bf-befc-6f5ee93d064a" target="_blank" >Browse</a></div><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 4px;" title="Learn more about The Berenstain Bears and the Gift of CourageBy:Jan & Mike Berenstain"><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310712565">Info</a></div><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 4px;" title="Add this to your website."><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310712565&bis=1">Add</a></div></div></div></div></div><br />

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It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!

You never know when I might play a wild card on you!

Today's Wild Card author is:

Jan & Mike Berenstain

and the book:

The Berenstain Bears and the Gift of Courage

Zonderkidz (April 9, 2010)

***Special thanks to Krista Ocier of Zondervan for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Stan and Jan Berenstain introduced the first Berenstain Bear books in 1962. Mike Berenstain grew up watching his parents work together to write about and draw these lovable bears. Eventually he started drawing and writing about them too. Mike is married to Andrea, and they have three children. They live in Pennsylvania, in an area that looks a lot like Bear Country.


Visit the authors' website.


Product Details:

List Price: $3.99
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Zonderkidz (April 9, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0310712564
ISBN-13: 978-0310712565

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