The Berenstain Bears Mother's Day Blessings

by Mike Berenstain

Overview

Mama Bear is the best mama in all of Bear Country and Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear know just what to do for her on Mother’s Day. In this newest title in the Berenstain Bears Living Lights, The Berenstain Bears Mother’s Day Blessings, join the Bear family and all of Bear Country as they spend Mother’s Day together remembering just why our mothers are so special to all of us!

Is a welcome addition to the popular Zonderkidz Living Lights series with over 13 million copies sold since 2008

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310748694
Publisher:	Zonderkidz
Publication date:	03/01/2016
Series:	Berenstain Bears/Living Lights: A Faith Story
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Stan and Jan Berenstain introduced the first Berenstain Bears books in 1962. Mike Berenstain grew up watching his parents work together to write about and draw these lovable bears. Eventually he started drawing and writing about them too. Though Stan died in 2005 and Jan in 2012, Mike continues to create the delightful Bear adventures from his studio in Pennsylvania, in an area that looks much like the sunny dirt road deep in Bear Country.

Editorial Reviews

2016-03-16
The Berenstains' son adds a Mother's Day entry to the series, continuing the adventures of the Bear family with a religious focus. Brother, Sister, and Honey want to do something special for Mama for Mother's Day, and Papa helps them think of just the thing—brunch at the Bear Country Inn after church—and they can invite Grizzly Gran, too. On the ride to church, Mama points out all the ways other families are celebrating their own mothers even though these community helpers are working on the holiday: Officer Marguerite's children bring her flowers as she directs traffic, and Mrs. Ben's children are pitching in with farm chores. Indeed, the trip to church is eye-opening for the cubs, who never realized that some of their neighbors even had children. During the church service, Preacher Brown thanks God for the gift of mothers and quotes the Bible: "Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches." While the illustrations are the same as ever (the smiling bears haven't aged a bit!), the series seems to have moved away from addressing a variety of families. This Mother's Day tale is rather limited in its audience to those who can afford fancy brunch after their own religious services, contrary to its apparent message that being together is all that matters. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews