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Stan and Jan Berenstain

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Illustration of Stan and Jan Berenstain by the Berenstains.
Illustration of Stan and Jan Berenstain by the Berenstains.

Stan and Jan Berenstain were United States writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book series The Berenstain Bears.

Stanley (Stan) Berenstain was born September 29, 1923, in a mainly Jewish neighborhood of west Philadelphia, and died of cancer on November 26, 2005, in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania. Jan Berenstain was born Janice Grant on July 26, 1923, in Philadelphia, and was raised in west Philadelphia and the suburb of Radnor. They met on their first day of class at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art in 1941 and married five years later, on April 13, 1946.

They produced together the comic strip Sister from 1953 through 1955. They published their first book featuring the Berenstain Bears in 1962 and with the help of then-head of children's publishing at Random House Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) created a lasting franchise including many more books, television series, toys, and stage productions. Jan was inducted into Radnor High School's Hall of Fame on October 20, 2006.

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  • Strickler, Dave. Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index. Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.

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