The Berenstain Bears Go Out for the Team

by Jan Berenstain and Stan Berenstain

Book Overview

Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book from Stan and Jan Berenstain. It's time for baseball tryouts and Brother is feeling the pressure. Will he be any good? Will Sister... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394873386
• ISBN13: 9780394873381
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.9" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Good Entertainment, and No Lectures!

The lack of explicit moralizing is one of the best things about this instructive and funny book; too often this series is bogged down in parental admonitions. Yet the lessons are there: Practice, learn the rules, cope with pressure, play your best--but don't expect perfection. The pacing is excellent, the parents' and the cubs' perspectives are well-balanced, and the text is often very humourous. This excerpt describes the bears' practice field:"There were no foul lines, just base paths worn by year after year of cubs running the bases. So there were a lot of arguments about foul balls. There was a rule against sliding into second base, because second base was a rock. And any ball that was hit into the duck pond in left field was a ground-rule double and an automatic time-out while they fished it out."The book has 29 pages, with illustrations on each page. The illustrations are adequate, showing a fair amount of action in a straight-forward style. Recommended!

My Experiences

I really liked this book becuase when i was a freshman i tried out for the softball team and was scared. but i made it with flying colors and to find out if the bears do you'll have to read the book!