Books like The Berenstain Bears and the Week at Grandma's

Another one I read when I was a kid, so of course I tend to like these best; they're so familiar. The art is also more arresting than in newer ones: There's like a collage thing going on, like the artist actually cared enough to make each page visually appealing. (This coming on the heels of reading "Go Out to Eat," which was just literally just one flat, lifeless illustration after another of the Bear family just sitting at a table, eating. Gosh, I'm being way too harsh on certain BERENSTAIN BEAR BOOKS!) It's interesting to remember how old the grandparents and even the parents seemed when I was a kid, when they're probably just in the fifties and thirties, respectively--i.e., still super young. The cubs and their grandparents do a bunch of cute, fun things together, and it's a comforting read.