Families who loved The Berenstain Bears: Blessed Are the Peacemakers by Mike Berenstain often look for books with a similar feel. These 20 recommendations were selected for their similarity in style, theme, and reading level.
Reach for this book when your child is struggling with the heat of competition, whether on the sports field or during a living room board game. It is especially helpful for children who find it difficult to handle losing or who become overly aggressive when they want to win. This story follows the Bear family to a baseball game where the typical excitement of the sport is used as a backdrop to teach a deeper lesson about peacemaking and sportsmanship. Through the lens of the Berenstain Bears series' faith-based Living Lights collection, the book explores how to prioritize kindness and harmony over the desire to be first. Parents of children aged 4 to 8 will find this a gentle tool for discussing how our behavior affects others and why being a 'peacemaker' is more rewarding than winning a trophy. It provides a familiar, safe environment to address the 'win at all costs' mentality that often emerges in early elementary years.
