Jan Berenstain

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.

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.

We're supposed to get into trouble! Let's get into some super-stereotypical trouble right now!

It kind of sucks that Mama still has to be in charge of a lot of things even though it's supposed to be her night off.

Kids probably shouldn't just randomly take home animals that they find in a pond, whether or not they're kittens. They might have rabies, or something worse.

These kids are just a frigging pain. They just will not shut up about the stupid dolphins and whale.

I feel really discriminated against as a computer nerd.

If I didn't know better, I would think they were intending to write something about the "entitlement generation." Because, seriously, that's what this turns out to be. "I can't decide who is the best! Everybody gets a prize!"