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The Spooky Old Tree

“Three Little Bears, one with light, one with a stick, and one with a rope! A spooky, old tree! Do they dare go into that spooky old tree? Yes, they dare!” These are the opening lines from one of my favorite children’s books of all time called “The Spooky Old Tree” by Stan and Jan Berenstain. You may have heard of The Berenstain Bears books, but growing up they were some of all all-time favorites! I have many good memories of my mom reading these books to me and my siblings when we were little. Tonight we’re going to learn about Stan and Jan Berenstain, the authors and illustrators of these fun and imaginative stories!

Birth of Jan and Stan Berenstain

Janice Grant and Stanley Berenstain were born in the same year and in the same town — 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were born during The Great Depression, which was a very hard time for most people living in the United States. There was very little work and most families were very poor. Jan and Stan didn’t know each other when they were little, but they had similar interests and both wanted t

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Jan, Stan, and Mike Berenstain

Stanley Melvin Berenstain and Janice Marian Grant were both born in 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, growing up in families struggling through the Great Depression. They met in 1941 while attending the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Arts. Stan was drafted into the Army during World War II and served from 1943 to 1946. Blind in one eye, he was given limited service, and spent most of his army career as a medical illustrator at an army hospital in Indiana. During the war, Jan worked as a draftsman for the Army Corps of Engineers and as an aircraft riveter building the US Navy's PBY flying boat. During his service, Stan began drawing cartoons and publishing them in magazines.

Stan and Jan were married right after the war and began careers as a magazine cartoonist team. They published cartoons focusing on humor about children and families in The Saturday Evening Post, Colliers Magazine, McCall's, Good Housekeeping and many more. Many of these cartoons were also published as book collections.

The start of their own family came with the b

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Children's Author/Illustrator Biographies

Berenstain, Stan and Jan
Author/Illustrator

1989 Ludington Award Winner

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".

Over 50 children's books later, Stan and Jan still plan all of their books together -- both write the stories, and both write the p