The Berenstain Bears Mother’s Day Blessings by Mike Berenstain is another story about the Berenstain Bear family. Interestingly the author is the son of the original creators of the Berenstain Bears, Stan and Jan Berenstain. Stan died in 2005 and Mike has taken over drawing and writing about the Bears.
This is a cute story about the cubs wanting to do something special for their mom for Mother’s Day. Their father suggests going out for brunch after their Church service. On their way to church they discover many mothers that have to work on Mother’s Day. Each of these mothers is lucky enough to have children that are still honoring them by bringing them flowers, cards or gifts. It didn’t focus much on the Bear family as much as it did the other mothers they drove by. The big message the book said is that it’s important for a mother to have her children around her. I would like to have had the message be more about the blessings of motherhood.
While the Berenstain Bears are a delightful family and this particular book has a Christian message I’m not enamored with the book. To me there is too much text to keep the attention of most little preschoolers who would need it read to them. (Based on my experiences with little ones.) Older children who can read the book themselves will find the storyline not all that interesting. (Based on my teaching of second graders.)
I received this free book to review. However the opinion here is my own.
