RIP: Jan Berenstain, who co-created the beloved Berenstain Bears book series with her husband Stan, passed away Friday after suffering a stroke. She was 88.
Jan and Stan — who passed away in 2005 — published the first Berenstain Bears book, The Big Honey Hunt, in 1962. They were encouraged and assisted by the head of Random House’s Beginner Books imprint, Theodor Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss).
The couple went on to produce over 300 books in the series, and have those books translated into over 20 languages.
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I loved these books as a kid, they were some of the first books my parents bought me to read in English. This couple had an amazingly influential and long-spanning career, one most cartoonists dream of achieving. RIP. <3
oh my gosh. My childhood was steeped in these books - I still have them all sitting in a box in Canada waiting for me to read to my kids. Sooo many life lessons learned thank you Jan and Stan. RIP.
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thank you for writing my favourite childhood books :( rip
OH MY GOD! The Berenstein Bears!
Aw man. I remember watching the cartoons. :(