The Bears' Picnic

by Stan Berenstain

Other authorsJan Berenstain (Author)

Hardcover, 1966

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Publication

Random House Books for Young Readers (1966), Edition: Illustrated, 72 pages

Description

Juvenile Fiction. Juvenile Literature. Poetry. HTML:The quest for picnic perfection will delight readers in this classic Beginner Book edited by Dr. Seuss. When the Berenstain Bears set out to find the perfect spot for a picnic, Father Bear says he knows just the place. But each ideal location turns out to be a complete disaster, with a train roaring past or hordes of mosquitoes. At last they find a place with no pesky crowds or noisy planes, and nary a mosquito . . . until it starts to rain. With The Bears�?? Picnic, literary legends Stan and Jan Berenstain provide a red-and-white-checked tablecloth to enhance a giggle-filled escape. Originally created by Dr. Seuss, Beginner Books encourage children to read all by themselves, with simple words and illustrations that give clues to their meani… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member conuly

I have no idea why the Berenstains gave up these funny early readers for moralizing tales!

Modern day Berenstain bear books aren't as good as the older ones, that's for sure. Go on too long, and they all have a treacly moral at the end, and they're just not funny.

This is one of the original. Now,

the cover there shows the newer, cutesified bears, but inside it has the old illustrations - with claws!

Anyway, the story progresses just about how you'd expect. Papa Bear wants to go on a picnic, every place is perfect right up until it's NOT, and eventually he ends up back home. It's funny, it rhymes, and there's no moral gumming the story up.

Interestingly, not all the characters are bears. We've got some rabbits and monkeys and others in the mix as well.

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LibraryThing member t1bclasslibrary

This cute rhyming book describes one attempt after another to find the perfect picnic spot. Each spot is ruined by something new, but the bears do find a perfect spot- their dining room table!

LibraryThing member crdutton

This is such a good rhyming book! It discusses the bears many attempts to find the perfect picnic spot. All spots seem to become ruined by something new. Finally the bears find just the spot-their living room. Kids find this very humourous and fun to read. I thought this was such a great book.

LibraryThing member cschne11

In my opinion, “The Bears’ Picnic” is a wonderful book for beginning readers for many reasons. The first reason is the rhyming pattern of the story. The book is written in four line verses where lines 2 and 4 rhyme. For instance, “Mother bear,/put your apron away./We are going to go/on a

picnic today!” The rhyming nature of the story is appealing to listen to, and also is very helpful for beginning readers who may not know all the words in the text. Another reason that this book is good for beginning readers is the way the text is organized. The text is written in four line stanzas which makes the text easier to read as opposed to if it was written in long paragraphs, in which case a beginning reader may get overwhelmed, or lose their place while reading. The text is also in a large font and is written on a solid white background. The pictures are still large and colorful, but they never interfere with the words on the page. The main idea of the book is to tell the story of the day that the Bear family went on a picnic, and highlight all the problems that they came across while they were out.

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