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Stan and Jan Berenstain
American author and illustrator duo
"Berenstain" redirects here. For their son, see Mike Berenstain.
Stan and Jan Berenstain | |
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Stan and Jan Berenstain in the late 1940s | |
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| Known for | The Berenstain Bears |
| Children | 2, including Mike Berenstain |
| Stan Berenstain | |
| Birth name | Stanley Melvin Berenstain |
| Born | (1923-09-29)September 29, 1923 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | November 26, 2005(2005-11-26) (aged 82) Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Years active | 1951–2005 |
| Spouse | Janice Marian Grant (m. 1946) |
| Jan Berenstain | |
| Birth name | Janice Marian Grant |
| Born | (1923-07-26)July 26, 1923 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | February 24, 2012(2012-02-24) (aged 88) Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Years active | 1951–2012 |
| Spouse | Stanley Melvin Berenstain (m. 1946; died 2005) |
Stanley Melvin Berenstain (September 29, 1923 – November 26, 2005) and Janice Marian Berenstai Children's Author/Illustrator Biographies Berenstain, Stan and Jan Stan and Jan Berenstain were both born in 1923 in Philadelphia. They didn't know each other as children, but met later at school, at the Philadelphia College of Art. They liked each other right away, and found out that the both enjoyed the same kinds of books, plays, music and art. During World War II, Stan was a medical assistant in the Army, and Jan worked in an airplane factory. When the war was over, they got married and began to work together as artists and writers, primarily drawing cartoons for popular magazines. After having their two sons Leo and Michael, the Berenstains decided to write some funny children's books that their children and other children could read and enjoy. Their first published children's book was called The Big Honey Hunt . It was about a family of bears, who later became known as the "Berenstain Bears". Over 50 children's books later, Stan and Jan still plan all of their books together -- both write the stories, and both write the p Both born in 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Stanley Melvin Berenstain (1923-2005) and Janice Marian Grant (1923-2012) grew up in families struggling through the Great Depression. They met in 1941 while attending the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Arts and married five years later. From the beginning, the couple worked as a team, finding early success as gag cartoonists for such magazines as The Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, and The Saturday Review of Literature. Drawing upon their own domestic experiences for inspiration, the Berenstains soon produced a series of best-selling humor books based on family-oriented themes. Through the Berenstain Bears series, which debuted with the book The Big Honey Hunt in 1962, Stan and Jan Berenstain championed their belief in the importance of family to readers all over the world. The foundation for these early works, which explored the challenges that families face, came from children’s book legend Theodor Seuss Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss), who was the
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