"Week at Grandma's"

"The Berenstain Bears and the Week at Grandma's" is a story about a brother and sister bear who go to spend the week with their grandparents while their parents go on a second honeymoon. The children would rather go with their parents on the honeymoon than visit their grandparents because they have never stayed away from home before. They are worried about what they're going to eat, where they're going to sleep, and what they're going to do while their parents are gone. The cubs soon learn how fun it can be to stay somewhere new.

This story was pretty good, just a little predictable. One thing that I thought was kind of uncreative of the authors is that the family did not have real names. They were the Bear family, Papa Bear, Mama Bear, Brother Bear, and Sister Bear. In some of the other Berenstain Bears books, the other animal characters have real names. It seems weird that the main characters of the books would not.

The predictable part of this story is basically the whole plot. At first, the cubs don't want to visit their grandparents because they're old and it won't be fun. When Brother and Sister Bear first arrive, they are reluctant to do anything because they think it won't be fun. Sister Bear compares everything to her mother and father and their life at home. They eventually learn that their grandparents did not act as old as they thought they would. The cubs learn a lot of interesting things while visiting, like how to build a ship in a bottle and new yo-yo tricks. At the end of the story when the Bear family are driving away from the grandparents' house, all the cubs can talk about is going back to visit again soon.

I think this story is great for kids because it sends the message that one should never be afraid of the unknown. The cubs had never stayed with their grandparents before and did not know what to expect. They went in thinking the worst, and it turned out to be an extremely fun week. Children do this all the time. They try to avoid doing things or going places that are outside of their comfort zones. Their parents end up making them do it anyway, and they actually enjoy it. I would recommend the Berenstain Bears series to anyone who has young kids.