The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone

by Jan Berenstain and Stan Berenstain

Book Overview

Stan and Jan Berenstain invite readers to help solve a mystery in this beloved Beginner Book.

When a dinosaur bone goes missing from the Bear Museum, it's up to the Berenstain Bears to help crack the case. From the Mummy Room to the Hall of Famous Bears, the detectives seek every possible hiding place. Can Brother and Sister Bear find the culprit in time for the museum's grand opening?

Beginner Books are fun, funny, and easy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394844475
• ISBN13: 9780394844473
• Release Date: March 1980
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Great classic Berenstain bear book!

This is a great book. I remembered it from MY childhood, and my daughter (2) loves it! This is an easier B-bear book for smaller kids to listen to, as it rhymes and is a very simple plot. Basically, a dinosaur bone disappears from the bear museum and the bears (3) search for it. "There's no case too hard, no case too tough, for the bear detectives and their hound dog Snuff!"

We love this book!

My 3 year old daughter LOVES this book! It is just precious. I highly recommend it. It is a lot of fun and quite an adventure!

Classic Beginner-Books Berenstain

The books that the Berenstains wrote for Beginner Books (which Dr. Seuss edited) are very different and, to me, much better than the stuff they've been cranking out since. They use much simpler vocabulary and shorter sentences, and are written in rhyme, which really helps hold my son's attention. The stories, too, are simpler, funnier and just plain more entertaining. This one is one of our favorites, with a really fun "Is That it? Nooooooo" storyline, and a cute surprise ending.

Who's got the bone?

I recently introduced my 5-year old nephew to the Berenstain Bears, who are among my favorite characters in children's literature. In "The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone," three young bears and their dog search for the missing museum article of the book's title.Authors Stan and Jan Berenstain tell the story in fun, easy-to-read rhymes, such as this one: "A dinosaur bone is missing in there! 'Somebody took it!' said Dr. Bear." The rhymes are accompanied by whimsical illustrations that depict such sights as a totem pole, a mummy case, and the "Hall of Famous Bears." Parents and other adults should appreciate the gentle satiric touches. Another fine entry in a great series.

A great book to start your kids on the adventure trail !!

My son, who is 4 years old, loves this book from the first day the book arrived. Every night, we would read this book together and relive the adventure of the bear detectives as they look for the missing dinosaur bone. The other interesting area in this story is that the bears have only an hour to locate the bone in time for the museum opening. The ending is unexpected but funny. Recommended reading for all parents with kids who are beginning to read.