The Berenstain Bears’ Christmas Tree

This is a delightful story about two of the meanings of Christmas — giving to others and valuing them. The Bear family starts out thinking that the biggest tree and the most decorations will make them happiest at Christmas time. They learn a different lesson and all of Bear Country is better because of it. The illustrations are well done and the cadence of the poetry makes the story easy to read.

The other Berenstain Bear books teach great lessons too (there are just a couple of lines in some books that don't fit with our family's views). But overall they are a solid choice for teaching values to kids.