The Berenstain Bears and the Big Spelling Bee by Stan & Jan Berenstain with Mike Berenstain

The Berenstain Bears and the Big Spelling Bee by Stan & Jan Berenstain with Mike Berenstain-32 pages

I enjoyed reading Berenstain Bears (and watching the show) as a kid, so I wanted to read a few picture books for the challenge this month. I was in the school spelling bee a few times (and finished 2nd 3 times), so this book looked interesting to me. I enjoyed reading this. The cool thing about the Berenstain Bears is that it offers a lesson to kids and this one is no different. Papa Bear pushes Sister Bear when he learns that she has won her class spelling bee and has made the school spelling bee. He is vicarious about Sister Bear's being in the school spelling bee (which is a word Sister Bear must spell during the spelling bee) and he only realizes it when Sister Bear has to spell the word correctly. The lesson offered is to not take undue pleasure from another's success and push him or her too hard.