This week in children's apps features the Berenstain Bears at the spelling bee, with Sister Bear and Papa Bear practicing every day for the big event. Also this week, Mercer Mayer's Little Critter series gets an app with Just a Mess, a story about Little Critter's messy bedroom.

Title: The Berenstain Bears and the Big Spelling Bee

Publisher: Oceanhouse Media

Release date: May 23, 2012

Price: $3.99

Background: It's spelling bee time at Bear Country School, and Sister Bear and Papa Bear are preparing for the event every day.

Features: Professional narration, read to me, read it myself, and auto play modes, individual words highlight and are read aloud when tapped.

Title: Just a Mess - Little Critter

Publisher: Oceanhouse Media Media

Release date: June 13, 2012

Price: $0.99

Background: Little Critter's search for his baseball mitt leads him to the doorway of his bedroom which is "just a mess."

Features: Professional narration, read to me, read it myself, and auto play modes, individual words highlight and are read aloud when tapped.