Bears With a Treehouse and Tidy Tales for Children
Laurel GraeberJuly 10, 2011: Bear Country, which Stan and Jan Berenstain created for their popular Berenstain Bears children’s book series, resembles human sitcom land a few decades ago. Each story about the Bears — Mama, Papa and their cubs, generically named Brother and Sister — features a nagging problem that homespun wisdom neatly and sweetly solves. With titles like “The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room” and “The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV,” the books promise gentle laughs, lessons and escapades, but nothing too naughty — the Cosbys with fur.
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