The Berenstain Bears
The Bear Detectives (The Berenstain Bears Beginner Books)
by Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain · first published 1975
14% recommend71% neutral14% critical
Illus. in full color. "Papa Bear tries to solve the mystery of Farmer Ben's missing pumpkin. Will keep beginning readers in stitches and prove enticing even to reluctant readers." School Library Journal.
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…daughters that love nancy drew novels, read to them before bed, currently on book 28. for a boy the Hardy boys is the equivalent.. Also depends on the age but other good ones are: Artemis Fowl Alex Rider Berenstain Bears
on “Children and young people's reading in 2025” ↗The author undercuts his claims when he writes: t’s true that some popular picture books do seem to have a suburban setting: Victoria Kann’s Pinkalicious series (2006-), the Berenstain Bears series (1962-) by the Berenstain family, and Norman Bridwell’s Clifford the Big Red Dog (1963-) come to mind. But these books also come to mind when I consider books I’d rather burn than read – not because…
on “Why are there so few children’s books set in the suburbs?” ↗Prices are skyrocketing now for these books. I suspect The Berenstain Bears collection are next, along with whatever else cancel/woke-culture deems unacceptable for society. https://twitter.com/jeremykauffman/status/136751012770473984...
on “Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay” ↗I've taken the "Oh no! Sorry. That book was accidentally destroyed maliciously," approach before. (Interestingly, my own parents took that approach with the Berenstain Bears for exactly the reason you describe.) But I'd prefer to either read something to my kids as originally written or not read it all. Or as they get older, read the original but with a parental aside on…
on “Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl's books” ↗Here's a whole list of 'em: https://pen.org/banned-books-florida/ There are the usual ones like "My Two Dads and Me" and "My Two Moms and Me". "The Berenstain Bears and the Big Question", LOL? "Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog", WTF. "Henry Aaron’s Dream", for people who find baseball offensive, I guess. "The Life of Rosa Parks". "Thank You, Jackie Robinson";…
on “Iowa using AI to automatically scan and ban books” ↗…not your character, is the characteristic that will define your life experience. Good Luck kid! Also, we don't see the list of other civil right books that may be in classrooms. But the fact that "The Berenstain Bears and the Big Question", a book about God, was rejected suggests that this isn't some conservative conspiracy. In fact, it sounds like a moral panic from the left.
on “Iowa using AI to automatically scan and ban books” ↗You certainly don't have to believe me, but that's what happened according to my mother. My mother was busy with my twin sister and didn't have time to read to me, so I would take all the Berenstain Bears books and sit down on the couch and try to sound them out. After a few weeks of that I told my mother that I didn't need her help because I could read now. She didn't believe me and had me read some other…
on “Mamdani says he would phase out NYC gifted program for early grades” ↗