the berenstain bears and the real easter eggs

Not sure this series goes into religion though. Perhaps Easter is a time for new life to some people, but for the majority it’s about Jesus or Easter egg hunts and dyeing eggs and getting candy. This didn’t have the Easter feel I was looking for, and didn’t celebrate the holiday to me. This would have been enjoyable if it was just a good old-fashioned Easter egg hunt. Sometimes I just want a book to be about the subject matter. Lessons are great, but I find Mama exhausting, the way she’s always knowledgeable, and trying to impart some lesson.

We have to suspend reality a bit that all birds hatched that quickly, and all at the same time. Because they weren't told that spring represents new life. It seemed a waste.Īnd it wasn't that they learned the true meaning of spring really, it's just that they became captivated by the baby birds. But the parents didn’t even know the cubs found the birds, and that they learned on their own the meaning of Easter. I felt there could be a background on Easter, how it’s about new life, and that the baby birds represented Easter more than the Easter egg hunt.īeing that Mama was trying to tell Sister that holidays aren’t all about getting things, I expected her to give a lesson at the end, too. The story felt lacking and rushed, with the message not being totally clear. And when Papa was really excited about the egg hunt and then is disappointed it’s only for cubs. The humorous bits were when Bother and Papa came rushing around the house they looked pretty comical. She seemed irritated with Papa for being so excited at the Easter egg hunt, but then she’s disappointed when she finds out it’s only for adults.

I found her annoying the way Sister clearly had something to tell her, and she’s going on about flowers growing. It actually started to feel like a spring book, the way Mama was going on about plants. Too much of the story was about winter and then spring. When talking of all the Valentines she got, it mentioned S.W.A.K.s, and I didn’t know what S.W.A.K.s were. This starts out at Valentines, and covers winter activities, like sledding, building forts, and making snow angels.

The berenstain bears and the real easter eggs