The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Car Trip [Paperback]

Stan Berenstain (Author), Jan Berenstain (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Berenstain Bears

This year's family vacation is not what Brother and Sister Bear had in mind. Mama and Papa Bear are eager to explore the wonders of Bear Country, but the cubs would rather be anywhere but the backseat of the family car!

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About the Author

Stan and Jan Berenstain were already successful cartoonists for magazines and adult humor books when they began writing children's books. The first story starring the bear family, The Big Honey Hunt, appeared in 1962. Since then, more than 250 Berenstain Bears books have been published, and more than 260 million copies have been sold. What began as an idea sparked by their young sons' interest in children's books has become over the years arguably the best-selling children's book series ever.

Since their inception, the Berenstain Bears stories have expanded to include picture books, beginning readers, and chapter books—even a hit TV show on PBS. Writing and illustrating the books has become a Berenstain family affair. Mike joined with his parents as a creative team in the late 1980s. The Bear family has expanded over the years as well. Sister Bear arrived in 1974, and baby Honey joined the family in 2000.

Since Stan's death at age eighty-two in 2005, Jan and Mike have continued to write and illustrate wonderful new adventures for Mama, Papa, Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear. They live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, which looks a lot like Bear Country.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: HarperFestival (January 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060573848
• ISBN-13: 978-0060573843
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 7.9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,534 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FUN Game inside!, August 9, 2006

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Elizabeth Dana (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Car Trip (Paperback)

I loved how this book has Car Trip Bingo inside. Not only is this book another well written book for kids, but it has an interactive game inside! how cool! I love the illustrations.

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice book, October 17, 2011

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Teddy Bear "Grant" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Car Trip (Paperback)

An entertaining and funny book about a typical family trip. The illustrations are beautiful--I particularly liked the waterfall scene where the Bear family dresses in slickers on an overlook.

1.0 out of 5 stars all around bad, October 14, 2011

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sara morgan - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Car Trip (Paperback)

I grew up reading the Berenstain Bears and loved to look at the pictures and I now appreciate the lessons learned. Too bad the newer books don't measure up. This book is terrible on so many levels. The pictures are no where near as good as they used to be. The Bear family goes to visit a battle field, among other places. Sister ask why they were fighting, and Papa answers her with a very abstract non-answer. They look at stones that "mark the graves of the soldiers who fell in battle." A child has no idea what that sentence means, what is a grave?, what do you mean 'fell in battle'? The ending is confusing because they do other stuff, including stay at a motel, but then Honey bear is already asleep when the pick her up from the grandparents. They whole thing was strange, and confusing. Such a disappointment. The writing is sub par, as well as the pictures. I would give zero stars if I could.