The Birds, the Bees, and the Berenstain Bears

Stan Berenstain · Jan Berenstain

Mar 2011 · Sold by Random House Books for Young Readers

About this ebook

Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Mama is about to have a new cub! From when the baby will arrive to how it will get out of Mama’s tummy, Sister has all kinds of questions about it. This beloved story is a perfect way to introduce children to birds, bees, and babies.

Ratings and reviews

Normally I am a fan of the Berenstain Bears (at least the old ones that I grew up with) but I'm NOT a fan of this one. The thing that drives me nuts is that sister just accepts everything mama tells her, and mama actually tells her very little. For example: sister asks mama how the baby gets out, mama doesn't answer that one, but passes it on to Dr. Gert. Dr. Gert says that the baby comes out through the birth canal, sister can't imagine it, but she can accept it - no more questions. I don't know about your curious youngsters but telling them something that they don't understand and can't picture doesn't do it for mine. Later in the story when mama and sister are walking home mama talks about the bees and how there are male and female flowers (which there are, but to be correct, more often one flower has both male and female parts) then she says how the bees collect pollen on their legs, but she never explains how the pollen fertilizes the pistil or how that would make a seed. But no worries, because "sister can accept that". Well I can't and neither do my kids. My child had more questions after reading this book than she had before... I encourage her to ask as many questions as she wants, but I had been hoping that this book would have answered some of the original ones she had. Overall, not a great intro to the birds and the bees. A much better, but still gentle version of the birds and the bees is the book: The baby tree... humorous, yet actually has some answers - not all of them, but some.

About the author

Stan and Jan Berenstain were already successful cartoonists for magazines and adult humor books when they began writing children's books. The first story starring the bear family, The Big Honey Hunt, appeared in 1962. Since then, more than 360 Berenstain Bears books have been published, and more than 300 million copies have been sold. What began as an idea sparked by their young sons' love of reading has become one of the best-selling children's book series ever.