Customer Reviews

The Berenstain Bears and the Real Easter Eggs

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This is a wonderful treatment of the meaning of Easter. Though it deals only with the secular side of Easter--bunnies, eggs etc.--it does get across the message that these are only symbols of Easter's religious meaning--the new life of the resurrection. As a Christian, I found this books very touching and meaningful. All too often Easter is viewed as just a holiday about eating candy. This story very effectively conveys the idea that there is much much more to it.

Cute book for Easter, especially if you are a Berenstain Bears fan. The Berenstain books are great for ages 3 to 8!

My 3-year old son loved this book so much. It provides the wonder of Easter egg hunts and the end provides a wonderful message beyond getting candy and eggs.

bought this to add to my cousin's daughter's Easter basket. She really seemed to like it!

Maybe I tried this book with my son too early, but I don't expect that a nearly three year old is in need of the non-materialist message of this book, which to my ears is incredibly preachy, overbearing (pun intended) and clichéd. He likes the book precisely because it allows him to imagine all that candy and chocolate which he would love and we won't let him have. The best line of the book came from my son. When Sister Bear sees the robin's eggs in the nest, I asked him "What do you think will happen next?" Real answer: the eggs will hatch. His answer: "The bears will eat them."

If you enjoy celebrating Easter as a pagan rite of spring, this is a great book for you and your family.

If you celebrate Easter as the annual commemoration of Christ's resurrection, however, you are likely to be disappointed.

My 7-year-old had a different "take" on the situation, though. He said, "Mom, can you imagine Jesus as a bear? I don't think it would be right to do that." Good point. Jesus Bear on a Cross? Or rising from the dead? I don't think so!

My question is simply this: Why tackle a religious holiday like Easter if you have to remove any religious significance? Christmas is handled the same way in these books--Santa Bear, good will and peace on Earth, but no Nativity. Are the Jewish holidays treated the same way by the Berenstains? I have no idea.