Arthur’s Honey Bear audiobook

Wonderful little story and beautifully illustrated. The story has so much meaning and teaches kids great lessons about sharing and being a good sibling. Enjoyed this when I was a kid and then shared it with my kids and now the grandchildren. The book really holds up and is wonderful for storytime and helping to teach a child to read.

Emily TogstadGood reads4/24/15Children's bookArthur’s Honey BearI recently read “Arthur’s Honey Bear,” to my cousin Jolby. He is 6 years old. The book was written by Lillian Hoban. Jolby loves monkeys so he picked out this book. He thought that the boy monkey was too old to have a stuffed bear. I thought the book was very cute, however, the theme was hard for a child to understand.The story is about two monkeys named Arthur and Violet. Arthur saw Violet cleaning out her toy chest. He decided to clean his out too. Together they had a tag sale. They tried to sell their old toys that they didn’t want anymore. Arthur set out his stuffed honey bear at the tag sale. He didn’t really want to sell it, but he put it in the tag sale anyways. Only a few people stopped at their sale. Nobody bought anything though. After a long day and nothing was sold, Violet offered to buy Arthur’s bear. Arthur was very hesitant at first, but he sold it to Violet anyway. After selling the bear to her, he missed the bear terribly. At the end he realized that he can still see the bear all the time and still be its friend. After he realized this Arthur and Violet went out to ice cream with honey bear.The main characters in this book were Arthur and Violet. Arthur is Violet’s older brother. You can tell in the book that he really loves his sister and would do anything for her. Violet is much younger than Arthur. She loves stuffed animals and all of her toys. Violet has a friend named Wilma. Wilma is only a minor character. She stops at the garage sale for a short amount of time.The setting of the book was in a small neighborhood. The time was never said. I would assume the time of the story took place when Cracker Jacks were a big thing, which would be around 1900. Violet traded Arthur a box of Cracker Jacks for his honey bear.I feel like this book has a couple themes. The book shows children that it’s good to get rid of old things that you don’t want anymore. I think the book also shows that it’s not good to be mad at your sister. At the end of the book Arthur took Violet out for ice cream. He realized that being mad at her was pointless. The book shows that even though you’re growing up, you can still keep old toys.I enjoyed reading this book to Jolby. I would recommend this book to any age or gender. The whole purpose for the book was great. I thought it was so sweet when Arthur was really nice to sister and helped her have a tag sale. I am giving this book a four star rating.

I have to admit a fondness for books where an older sibling feigns maturity and ends up needing whatever immature object/activity/etc that s/he initially scorned. In this case it is a teddy bear. Eventually, Arthur comes to terms with the fact that he sold his Honey Bear by becoming the uncle to the Honey Bear.

I loved this book as a child. When I go the chicken pox, my parents gave me a teddy bear, which I promptly named Honey Bear.

This book is about Arthur and him trying to sell his old toys or in his words, sell his "old junk." He explains to his sister what he is going to do and lets her help. They sit outside waiting for people to come buy his things but those who come don't buy anything. There is always something that the buyer does not like or is missing. The characters are monkeys but a child can still relate to what is happening to Arthur who is having trouble selling his Honey Bear. The most common colors in this story are pink and yellow which the yellow kind of shows the love and support of family. The pictures do not take up most of the page but they do show what the words are saying so that the reader knows what is going on. The words in this story are big and easy to read. This story is a bit longer than other picture books and can be found under the Beginning Reader section. This book is a good read for children of any age.

This book is a perfect book for readers because it is sort of a chapter book but there are a lot of pictures to relate the words too unlike chapter books that usually don't provide pictures. When I see a huge chapter book and there aren't any pictures, I feel that I am going to get really bored and become uninterested. This book was also an easy read with the vocabulary used. Another reason I loved this book was because it is about two siblings and the relationship they share. The older brother plays his role and the younger sibling plays her role. A lot of children can read this book and relate their own lives to it. I really enjoyed the story line and relation the two siblings had throughout the whole book.

This is a level 2 I Can Read book. About two little monkeys a big brother and little sister. Arthur cleans out his toy box and decides to have a garage sale. He includes a favorite teddy bear that he feels he's outgrown , but has he? He has a hard time putting a dollar amount on him. The bear is very special to him. In the end his sister buys him and he realizes that he's the Teddy Bears UNCLE! And so he can still hold him and love him. This was a book I had forgotten about reading to my children until I found it in our collection. And I'm so glad I did! I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it, and my 2 year old granddaughter enjoyed it too! Also it is a special book that teaches sibling interaction.

the first book over 40 pages that my 6 yr old read to me, holding his interest from cover to cover.