When Ferdy the nerd gets paired with Too-Tall the jock in an assignment to study inventions, the one subject they can agree on is guns. While Ferdy's interest is strictly intellectual, Too-Tall's is, unfortunately, basically bang-bang. Things come to a head at Bear Country School when Too-Tall brings in a monster squirt gun that looks an awful lot like the real thing. The whole class learns a valuable lesson: in the wrong hands, guns can be bad business--whether they are real or not.As we all know, gentlebears prefer blonds. Unarmed ones.
If you have any youngsters you're thinking of buying books for, avoid the wimpy, cloying and ultimately subversive Bear-stains.
I wouldn't have come across this book, as I had already abandoned the Berenstain Bears for its male and father bashing.
ReplyDelete"in the wrong hands, guns can be bad business--whether they are real or not."
ReplyDeleteAnd any hands but those of the police are the wrong hands...
My grandkids are reminded periodically that every terrible implement of the soldier is their birthright.
Which side will come out on top, do you think, if this melting pot comes to a boil?
I thought this was a joke. Then I realized it is, just not the funny kind of joke.
ReplyDeleteWell, well, well! We live, and walk for exercise, in the San Bernardino Mountains, and we have black bears here. (No grizzlies) I've been thinking of getting an anti-bear firearm like Ruger's Alaskan in .454 in case we have a dangerous bear encounter. But now it looks like even the bears want us disarmed so they can attack us at will!
ReplyDeleteI've never really thought much of the Berenstain Bears' pseudomoralistic approach to life, but this is just plain insulting and revolting! I'll actively discourage anyone from reading the Berenstain Bears' garbage now.
Remember, "caring is sharing"...
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ReplyDeleteHUURRRRLLL!!!