Post by lugnut on Feb 27, 2012 14:36:13 GMT -5
Jan Berenstain, co-author of the beloved Berenstain Bears children's book series, has died. The Solebury, Pennsylvania, resident suffered a stroke on Thursday and died on Friday, the Associated Press reports. She was 88.
Berenstain and her husband, Stan, who were both Philadelphia natives, published their first Berenstain Bears book, The Big Honey Hunt, in 1962, and more than 260 million copies of the Berenstains' books have circulated through nurseries and preschool libraries since. The couple, now both deceased, based their affectionate illustrated tales of Brother Bear, Sister Bear, Mama Bear, and Papa Bear on their own family experiences. Their catalogue includes more than 300 titles that have since been translated into 23 languages, most recently Icelandic and Arabic.
Berenstain and her husband, Stan, who were both Philadelphia natives, published their first Berenstain Bears book, The Big Honey Hunt, in 1962, and more than 260 million copies of the Berenstains' books have circulated through nurseries and preschool libraries since. The couple, now both deceased, based their affectionate illustrated tales of Brother Bear, Sister Bear, Mama Bear, and Papa Bear on their own family experiences. Their catalogue includes more than 300 titles that have since been translated into 23 languages, most recently Icelandic and Arabic.