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When it comes to strangers, for a kid it's a thin line between caution and fear. That difficult balance is the subject of
The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers. After Father Bear gives them the rules, Sister is scared of everything and Brother only talks to strangers who have radio-controlled airplanes. Mom and Dad sort it all out in repetitive, easy-to-understand analogies. In "The Disappearing Honey," Dad accuses everyone in town of stealing his precious boysenberry honey before learning that he ate all himself while sleepwalking. "The Substitute Teacher" outwits Too Tall, Brother, and the gang when they set up traps and try to get out of a test. Of course, they fall into their own traps and fail the test. Lesson learned. This forgiving teacher gives them a break, however, and allows them to take it again the next day. If only life were like that.
--Kimberly Heinrichs
From the back cover
The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers. When Papa Bear tells the cubs they should never talk to strangers, Sister begins to view all strangers as ominous, until Mama brings some reassuring common sense to the problem. The Berenstain Bears and the Disappearing Honey. When Papa Bear's favorite blackberry honey disappears, the Bear Detectives set out to find the culprit. The Berenstain Bears and the Substitute. Teacher Brother and Sister Bear and their fellow school mates discover that having a substitute teacher does not mean that they don't have to study.
