I don't know who it's for. It certainly wouldn't make the kids feel any better about waiting.

It's just kind of a standard fairy tale type of story. The only reason to have the brothers and sisters coming to the rescue was to have the scene with the wolf riding the out of control ten-seater bicycle.

There's a "Do as I say, not as I do" thing happening here. It's not bad. It still definitely teaches good rules for the beach.

Another inane older Berenstain Bear book where Papa tries to teach Small Bear things and just fails miserably at everything.

It reminds me of when my parents want to show me the slides of their vacation. No thanks, Mom. No thanks, Dad. It's not nearly as interesting to me as it was to you.

It's not an amazing book, but it's pretty. It's kind of light and not heavy-handed about anything.

You would think that he could have thought of some kind of animal for V. This is just weird. It's a weird book. It's kind of arty. I don't know why it won a medal.

Maybe she just wants them to play harder and isn't giving them any real advice? Do they even have a coach? It's unclear why they're not having fun at first.

What. This makes no sense. Nobody acts like this. This is ridiculous. They're trying to get a message across, but they're doing it by depicting an unrealistic scenario.

It feels like it should go somewhere as a story, but it doesn't. There's no story here. It's just a framing device for a lecture.