The Berenstain Bears' Report Card Trouble [Paperback]

Stan Berenstain (Author), Jan Berenstain (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: First Time Books(R)

It’s report card day at Bear County School–a day Brother Bear has been dreading. He’s received horrible marks in all of his classes, except gym. If only his grades were based on how many strike-outs he’s pitched or soccer balls he’s stopped and not on fractions and vocabulary.

There’s not a doubt in his mind that Papa will explode when he sees Brother’s report card. The only question is: will he lower the boom on Brother’s extracurricular activities too?

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It?s report card day at Bear County School?a day Brother Bear has been dreading. He?s received horrible marks in all of his classes, except gym. If only his grades were based on how many strike-outs he?s pitched or soccer balls he?s stopped and not on fractions and vocabulary.

There?s not a doubt in his mind that Papa will explode when he sees Brother?s report card. The only question is: will he lower the boom on Brother?s extracurricular activities too?


From the Trade Paperback edition. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (May 28, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375811273
• ISBN-13: 978-0375811272
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.2 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #188,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for kids before kindergarden, November 22, 2006

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Chen Yee "an Amazon customer" (Vancouver, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Berenstain Bears' Report Card Trouble (Paperback)

Every time when I go to Barnes and Noble, I go to the children's section to look at this book. Right now I have this book and my sisters liked it. They think this book is about getting good grades, even up to straight A's.

Kids, read this book several times, and you can end up getting good grades, even straight A's!!!

I would also give it 100 stars!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars A Helpful Positive Book, April 15, 2008

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Papa Bear (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Berenstain Bears' Report Card Trouble (Paperback)

This book is really a big help in dealing with the problem of kids struggling with their school work. Papa and Mama Bear are disappointed with Brother's report card grades. But they help him deal with the issue in a constructive way, and in the process come to understand the pressures he is under. It's also a very funny book--that's something that is attractive about this whole series. The authors deal with real life situations and problems but the advice they give is presented in a fun and entertaining way. A lot of the way that the characters act--like Papa Bear messing up--is used for humorous purposes. Papa Bear reminds me a lot of Ralph Cramden in the Honeymooners!

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bearly concealed contempt for fathers - not on my bookshelf!, August 2, 2005

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anonymous "spacedad" (Southern CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Berenstain Bears' Report Card Trouble (Paperback)

I almost bought this book for my 6-year-old son, but started flipping through the pages, and I'm glad I did. In the story, although Papa is supposed to take the lead in improving his son's report card, he is portrayed as a bumbling idiot who is incapable of performing his role, and who requires and receives stern direction from Mama Bear.

Look at the cover - Papa Bear is shown frowning at the report card as if he can barely read it!

This book plays into the common, trite stereotype that fathers in the household are unnecessary buffoons who can expect at best to be tolerated, but never respected.

If you think I'm overreacting, read the book, imagine the story with the gender roles reversed, and then imagine the ensuing outcry if a publisher dared to print such a version.