Did the kids at story time have fun reading this? Absolutely! Did we play with the book a little too hard and accidentally minorly rip a couple pages? Yes, we did. Was making sure that every kid got a turn to do something (and then stopping them for going in for seconds, because I wasn't sure if there would be enough things for everyone to do two) a challenge I didn't think of? Unfortunately, yes. All in all, we made it work, and we all had a good time. This series is a bit formulaic, but the bear is darn cute and the interaction is a lot of fun.