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The Berenstain Bears on the Moon by Jan Berenstain, Stan Berenstain

aftanith's review against another edition

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2.0

I'm not quite sure what the Berenstains were thinking with this one. It's a cute little story about children pretending to go to the moon... right up until you realize that there isn't a thing to imply that these two children didn't honestly build (buy?) a spaceship and take their dog to the moon.

Am I the only one vaguely annoyed by this? The Berenstain Bears are ridiculously wispy-washy when it comes to their genre. Are they anthropomorphic fiction, or are they straight SF/F? It's normally the former, but today it's the latter for some unexplained reason... and I'm sure that must be confusing to children of the target age group.

If your child wants to read something about going to the moon, give this a pass in favor of a book about real astronauts. And if your kid's set on reading this, be sure to at least try to explain the reality of space travel and how to become an astronaut.

calistareads's review against another edition

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5.0

A great rhyming account of an imaginary trip to the moon, or at least it seems imaginary to the bears. They go to the moon with their pup and explore all around. Any kid interested in space will enjoy this quick and fun jaunt to the moon.

The nephew really thought this story was cool. It’s quick and lots of stuff happens and he thought it was cool that the bears dad was the one to load up the rocket for the kids. He thought his dad should do that for him. He gave this 4 stars and he liked the story.

bdplume's review against another edition

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4.0

As BB books go, pretty silly.
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