Stan and Jan Berenstain were American authors and illustrators well known for creating the children's book series the Berenstain Bears.
stanley Stan Berenstain started life in a neighborhood of west Philadelphia and passed away of cancer in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania. Janice Jan Berenstain started life in Philadelphia and was brought up in west Philadelphia and the suburb of Radnor. They met on their first day of class at the Philadelphia Museum Colledge of Industrial Art in 1941 and married five years later, on April 13, 1946. They had two sons, Leo and Mike.
in an interview about the works, the Berenstains said that a big reason behind their inspiration was some of the difficulties parents faced, as well as some childhood tribulations when they were kids themselves. Their works evolved to include items such as cell phones and video game systems in the fictional Bear Country, which were nonexistent or very limited when the works were first commissioned. The Berenstains also noted there were some issues which seemed to appear in every generation, such as kids throwing tantrums in public places, which made important subject matter for their novels. However, they deliberately wanted to steer clear of overly heavy issues such as violence.
in 1951, they released Berenstains' Baby Book, which dealt with the topics of pregnancy and raising a young child. Although containing practical advice, the book used humor and reminded parents not to take every situation too seriously.
Jan Berenstain
