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wottan

wottan

Vancouver, BC
July 2004

NOV 29, 2005 09:11 PM

If you didn’t read the Berenstain Bears when you were little it’s possibly you had your head buried like an ostrich. This family of bears has delighted children for three decades and 200 books.

The author of the stories, Stan Berenstain, recently died at the age of 82.

The first Berenstain Bears book, "The Great Honey Hunt," was published in 1962. The couple developed the series with children's author Theodor Geisel — better known as Dr. Seuss, then head of children's publishing at Random House -- with the goal of teaching children to read while entertaining them.

Despite changes in society in the last four decades, little has changed in "Bears Country."

"Kids still tell fibs and they mess up their rooms and they still throw tantrums in the supermarket," Stan Berenstain told The Associated Press in 2002. "Nobody gets shot. No violence. There are problems, but they're the kind of typical family problems everyone goes through."

Stan and Jan Berenstain began drawing together when they met at Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art in 1941.

The two married soon after he got out of World War II-era Army service and began submitting cartoons to magazines. They became contributors to The Saturday Evening Post, McCalls and Collier's.

They got into the book business when an editor at a New York publishing house who enjoyed their magazine cartoons asked if they would like to do a book, according to their Web site.


It’s always sad when people from our childhood die, but thankfully his books will last on beyond him and hopefully entertain our own children in the future.

Mr. Berenstain will be buried with a thousand terra cotta Sister Bears.

ms_n_thrope

ms_n_thrope

Columbia, MO
August 2004

NOV 29, 2005 09:38 PM

they were some of the first books that i ever read. i had no idea they were up to 200. sad, but we still have the books and memories.

dAHMER

dahmer

South Vienna, OH
OLD SKOOL

NOV 29, 2005 09:41 PM

Awww. That's sad. frown I loved those books as a kid. "The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Dream" was my favorite.

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

NOV 29, 2005 09:43 PM

I remember owning a lot of those books and loving them.

And I remember in one of them the Berenstein boy had some awesome toys. But that's all I can remember.

Margot_Dent

Margot_Dent

Los Angeles, CA
February 2004

NOV 29, 2005 09:46 PM

fuck. i still own dozens of those. thats so sad frown

Arete

Arete

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

NOV 29, 2005 10:00 PM

its really sad cos i mean, he died. but seriously....those books were so stereotypical. mama bear ran the household. papa bear was an overbearing idiot. and brother and sister bear were spoiled little buggers.


that being said, i still own like 40 of those books, and i love them all frown

_Sarah_

_Sarah_

Kalamazoo, MI
January 2003

NOV 29, 2005 10:05 PM

Awww. frown Sad news, indeed.

200? Wow. Our library had about 30, and they couldn't keep them on the shelves. Their Christmas special was always one of my favorites.

Hooraydiation

Hooraydiation

Boston, MA
October 2005

NOV 29, 2005 10:08 PM

I went through most of my life thinking they were the Bearenstein Bears. Then in high school I asked my friend why a bunch of Jewish bears would celebrate Christmas and she set me straight.

rodan

rodan

Baltimore, MD
February 2005

NOV 29, 2005 10:09 PM

I liked the books - but the PBS TV show they made was just horribly horribly horribly abysmal and typical "preach to the kids, THEY won't notice!!" PBS pablum..... I was sad.

EndedBen

EndedBen

Grand Rapids, MI
August 2004

NOV 29, 2005 10:48 PM

Arete said:
its really sad cos i mean, he died. but seriously....those books were so stereotypical. mama bear ran the household. papa bear was an overbearing idiot. and brother and sister bear were spoiled little buggers.


that being said, i still own like 40 of those books, and i love them all frown



It's your birthday...so...

Keith

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK
August 2002

NOV 29, 2005 10:58 PM

I learned to read with The Berenstein Bears and The Spooky Old Tree.

earplug6947

earplug6947

Oakland, CA
OLD SKOOL

NOV 29, 2005 10:59 PM

the dentists waiting room won't be the same.

i think "too much birthday" was my favorite.

lilyk

lilyk

I'm lost
December 2004

NOV 29, 2005 11:04 PM

I still have boxes of their books in storage form when I was a kid. frown

[Edited on Nov 29, 2005 by lilyk]

Blueberries

Blueberries

I'm lost
September 2005

NOV 29, 2005 11:04 PM

Wow, I loved those books when I was a kid (I probably still would now biggrin). That's so sad. frown

MessyJessy

MessyJessy

Fort Myers, FL
August 2005

NOV 29, 2005 11:05 PM

frown I lurned teh reeding with those books...and yes Too Much Birthday was the bomb!

PRockGirlScout

PRockGirlScout

Portland, OR
October 2005

NOV 29, 2005 11:07 PM

frown

My favorite was the one where the kids ate too much junk food.

RIP Stan

gut666

gut666

Moreno Valley, CA
April 2005

NOV 29, 2005 11:10 PM

not to sound insensitive but why do we care if the writer dies? its not like people even really cared before that they lived . if people really gave a shit they would have had a berenstain bears day and gave them a special tv biography on a&e.

Keith

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK
August 2002

NOV 29, 2005 11:12 PM

thrashmaster74 said:
not to sound insensitive



You failed.

Arete

Arete

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

NOV 29, 2005 11:13 PM

SuperNintendo said:
it's your birthday...so...



you'll spare my life for a day? blush

Someguysteve

Someguysteve

USA
September 2005

NOV 29, 2005 11:15 PM

I absolutely despised those books as a kid

I expected this to have something to do with Cthulhu Circus

[Edited on Nov 30, 2005 by Someguysteve]

Baise

Baise

USA
January 2005

NOV 29, 2005 11:17 PM

thrashmaster74 said:
not to sound insensitive but why do we care if the writer dies? its not like people even really cared before that they lived . if people really gave a shit they would have had a berenstain bears day and gave them a special tv biography on a&e.


Were you sad when Dr. Seuss died? Or Mr. Rodgers? Or anyone who had a massive impact on your childhood?

If so, that makes you human. If not, bugger off.

EndedBen

EndedBen

Grand Rapids, MI
August 2004

NOV 29, 2005 11:18 PM

Arete said:

SuperNintendo said:
it's your birthday...so...



you'll spare my life for a day? blush



I'll do nothing and like it. Same as if it wasn't your birthday. blackeyed

alpha_hazard

alpha_hazard

Fort Collins, CO
April 2004

NOV 30, 2005 12:55 AM

The spooky old tree is my personal favorite.

MistressMissy

mistressmissy

Grand Rapids, MI
March 2003

NOV 30, 2005 04:05 AM

I was a lover of "No Girls Allowed"
If you are a member of boys only, you may remember the cover being your group image awhile back.

Max16Characters

Max16Characters

Korea, Republic Of
March 2003

NOV 30, 2005 06:10 AM

I LOVED the Bearenstain Bears! In fact, when i first learned to read, they were the only books that could get me to read. I have them to thank for beginning a lifetime of loving books. This is sad to see Stan passing away frown RIP.

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