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."
Stan and Jan planned all of their books together. They both wrote
the stories and created the pictures. They continued to live
outside of Philadelphia in the country. There are now over 300
Berenstain Bears books.
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