set in modern times

This assignment sounds pretty confusing. Perhaps the teacher meant "modern times" to mean imaging the berenstein bears in a modern house, or living in a modern city, instead of a treehouse. But I admit, this is confusing.
Good luck!

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THANKS..I THINK SO TOO, That's how I  explained it to him, so if it's wrong, I'm sure he'll let me know!!!!!:)

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I found this description of the book on Amazon:
This is a great book to teach kids to clean up after themselves and what happens when they don't. In this book, mama gets so fed up with the mess in the cubs' room, that she comes back with a huge box and starts tossing all their things into it. Much at the cubs' protest, all their favorite toys are tossed inside. The illustrations are just wonderful in this book. They show a puzzle half finished and covered with cobwebs, spilled cups and drinks and dust and dirt all over everything. It's just very clear how nasty a room can get when it's not kept in order. Papa bear comes to the rescue and makes the cubs their very own organization center (must have watched HGTV out there in his garage where he makes his furniture!) where they have a toybox and a pegboard to store the items in the room. And, he makes boxes with labels to stack in their closet for their smaller items so they don't come tumbling out onto their heads anymore.
 
Nowadays, my kid's rooms get littered with empty water bottles and soda cans (set up a recycling basket), books and school clutter on the desk (go to Ikea and get a desk organizer), clothes (no modern solution).  They need reminders to keep the room clean (put up a small whiteboard).
 
Throw in an earthquake safety strap or two (we live in California) for bookshelves and a computer monitor if you have one.

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Yes I agree.

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