Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to story telling -- in prose and in poetry, in art and in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books.
Today is the story of Sept. 29th
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It is the 272nd day of the year, leaving 93 days remaining in 2022.
They told their stories about traditional family situations with kindness and gentle humor. Despite the use of anthropomorphic bears, the stories often dealt with real issues that children and their families faced daily.
For instance, the first book (1961) in the series, The Big Honey Hunt, has Papa Bear and Brother Bear going out to get honey. While Mama Bear suggests going to the store, Papa Bear wants to find wild honey. After several failed opportunities, Papa winds up buying honey at a market
Before creating the books, the Berenstains put together a cartoon feature, It's All in the Family, that ran in McCall's and Good Housekeeping magazines from 1956 to 1989. It told humorous tales about a middle-class family of five.
They got their inspiration for The Berenstain Bears from the books of Dr. Seuss. When they sent their first book to Random House, Theodor Geisel, who wrote as Dr. Seuss, was working as an editor. He approved their books, and worked with them to create more.
The couple said they chose bears as their characters because they are easy to draw. Although born in Philadelphia, they lived in nearby Bucks County., Pa., and they transferred the rural setting to their children's books.
Stan Berenstain died in 2005. Jan Berenstain died in 2012.
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