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Title: The trouble with formulaic writing
Review: First of all, let me say that I don't *completely* hate the Berenstain Bears books, despite the frequency with which I have to read them. A lot of them have provided launching points for productive conversations with my kids.This one, however...what the heck? I agree with the reviewer who mentioned that it goes a bit too far. The poop on the floor just is...bizarre. And it isn't just one picture of it; it appears in the book three separate times. There are also two kind of crazy drawings of Mama Bear where she just looks like she has completely given up on life (although if I were married to a lout like Papa Bear I might give up, too).There are definitely better ways to get the message to kids that it's not OK to let the chores slide. Piles of poop with stink lines coming off of them are really not necessary.
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