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Jan, Stan, and Mike Berenstain
Stanley Melvin Berenstain and Janice Marian Grant were both born in 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, growing up in families struggling through the Great Depression. They met in 1941 while attending the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Arts. Stan was drafted into the Army during World War II and served from 1943 to 1946. Blind in one eye, he was given limited service, and spent most of his army career as a medical illustrator at an army hospital in Indiana. During the war, Jan worked as a draftsman for the Army Corps of Engineers and as an aircraft riveter building the US Navy's PBY flying boat. During his service, Stan began drawing cartoons and publishing them in magazines.
Stan and Jan were married right after the war and began careers as a magazine cartoonist team. They published cartoons focusing on humor about children and families in The Saturday Evening Post, Colliers Magazine, McCall's, Good Housekeeping and many more. Many of these cartoons were also published as book collections.
The start of their own family came with the b
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Berenstain Bears
Children's book series by Stan and Jan Berenstain
For other uses, see Berenstain Bears (disambiguation).
The Berenstain Bears is a children's literature franchise created by Stan and Jan Berenstain and continued by their son, Mike Berenstain. The books feature a family of anthropomorphicgrizzly bears who generally learn a moral or safety-related lesson in the course of each story.
Since the 1962 debut of the first Berenstain Bears book, The Big Honey Hunt, the series has grown to over 400 titles, which have sold approximately 260 million copies in 23 languages.[1] The Berenstain Bears franchise has also expanded well beyond the books, encompassing television series and a wide variety of other products and licenses. While enjoying decades of popularity and receiving numerous awards, the series has been criticized for its perceived saccharine tone and formulaicstorytelling.[2]
History
Stanley Berenstain and Janice Grant met in 1941, on their first day of drawing class at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, where the
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The Spooky Old Tree
“Three Little Bears, one with light, one with a stick, and one with a rope! A spooky, old tree! Do they dare go into that spooky old tree? Yes, they dare!” These are the opening lines from one of my favorite children’s books of all time called “The Spooky Old Tree” by Stan and Jan Berenstain. You may have heard of The Berenstain Bears books, but growing up they were some of all all-time favorites! I have many good memories of my mom reading these books to me and my siblings when we were little. Tonight we’re going to learn about Stan and Jan Berenstain, the authors and illustrators of these fun and imaginative stories!
Birth of Jan and Stan Berenstain
Janice Grant and Stanley Berenstain were born in the same year and in the same town — 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were born during The Great Depression, which was a very hard time for most people living in the United States. There was very little work and most families were very poor. Jan and Stan didn’t know each other when they were little, but they had similar interests and both wanted t
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