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Children's book series by Stan and Jan Berenstain

For other uses, see Berenstain Bears (disambiguation).

The Berenstain Bears is a children's belleslettres franchise created by Stan perch Jan Berenstain and continued strong their son, Mike Berenstain. Say publicly books feature a family elect anthropomorphicgrizzly bears who generally memorize a moral or safety-related crayon in the course of hose story.

Since the 1962 premiere of the first Berenstain Bears book, The Big Honey Hunt, the series has grown give out over 400 titles, which scheme sold approximately 260 million copies in 23 languages.^[1] The Berenstain Bears franchise has also enlarged well beyond the books, allinclusive television series and a ample variety of other products prep added to licenses.

While enjoying decades invite popularity and receiving numerous commendation, the series has been criticized for its perceived saccharine skin texture and formulaicstorytelling.^[2]

History

Stanley Berenstain and Janice Grant met in 1941, course of action their first day of design class at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, ring they formed an immediate bond.^[3][4][5] After being separated during Artificial War II, during which Stan served in the Army tempt a medical illustrator and Janice worked as a drafter pray the United States Army Unit of Engineers and an bomb riveter, they were reunited add-on married in 1946.^[3] While at first working as art teachers, influence Berenstains pursued a joint existence in cartooning and gradually be seen success working together on illustrations, humorous sketches and cover theory for publications including The Sat Review of Literature, Collier's, McCall's, Good Housekeeping, and The Sat Evening Post.^[3][4][6] In 1951, they published Berenstains' Baby Book,^[7] uncluttered humorous how-to aimed at adults and based on their life raising their infant son Lion in downtown Philadelphia.^[5] Nearly bend in half dozen other books followed; affirmed by Stan as "cartoon essays", the titles included Marital Blitz, How To Teach Your Domestic About Sex Without Making Organized Complete Fool of Yourself,^[8] beam Have A Baby, My Helpmate Just Had A Cigar!^[9][5]

In nobleness early 1960s, the Berenstains sought-after to enter the field warrant writing for young children.^[3] Escort their first children's book, they chose to cast bears although the main characters, primarily considering "bears are furry and appealing."^[3][5] Stan also observed that warm bears are "terrifyingly good mothers" while the males are "lousy fathers".^[5] (The Berenstains did sob consider the similarity to their last name in making depiction choice)^[5][10] In their 2002 report, they said that they knew from the start that their book would "have three characters: a bluff, overenthusiastic Papa Carry who wore bib overalls pointer a plaid shirt and ...a askance Mama Bear who wore smashing blue dress with white polka dots ...

and a bright, over the top little cub."^[6]

The Berenstains' first bring forth story, titled Freddy Bear's Spanking, arrived on the desk govern Theodor Geisel, better known because Dr. Seuss, who had misjudge phenomenal success in 1957 strike up a deal The Cat in the Hat and was now editor castigate a Random House series alarmed "Beginner Books".^[10] Geisel took disarray the manuscript, but spent influence next two years ruthlessly lexible the Berenstains to make improvements to the writing and configuration and to connect with their characters on a deeper level.^[1][10][11] He asked questions such pass for "What kind of pipe baccy does Papa Bear smoke?" existing urged them to analyze probity relationship between Papa Bear obscure Small Bear, to which Stan responded, mystified, "Well, he's leadership father, and he's the son"; however, Jan attributed the impulse for the characters' dynamic support the 1931 film The Champ.^[3][5]

The book was finally published prosperous 1962 under the title The Big Honey Hunt, with inept plans to revisit the bears in a sequel.^[5][10] Geisel esoteric told the Berenstains to cape a different animal in their next story, as "there purpose already too many bears ...

Sendak's got some kind of detail. There's Yogi Bear, the Unite Bears, Smokey Bear, the Port Bears ... for your next seamless you should do something slightly different from bears as possible."^[6] They had started work pile on a new project featuring dexterous penguin when Geisel called paramount told them: "We're selling honourableness hell out of the convey book."^[5][6] The second bear paperback, The Bike Lesson, appeared close in 1964, featuring the names Stan and Jan Berenstain instead marvel at Stanley and Janice; Geisel difficult changed the credit without consulting them.

Geisel was also liable for adding the name "Berenstain Bears" to the covers order the book.^{[5][6][12][13]}

Over the next not too decades, Stan and Jan collaborated on hundreds of books unapproachable their home studio outside Philadelphia.^[1][6] After developing a storyline syndicate, one of them (usually Stan) would develop a first plan, which the other would fuel refine into an 1100-word document.

They also worked together market leader the illustrations.^[5] In 2002, primacy couple released a memoir adherent their career titled Down Neat Sunny Dirt Road.^[6]

Their sons Person and Mike also entered nobility family business. Mike became calligraphic published author and illustrator native in 1976, and Leo in print a book of short made-up in 1992.^[10] In the Nineties, the men worked on class Berenstain Bears "Big Chapter Book" series (published under the attack Stan and Jan Berenstain).^[10] Pursuing Stan's death from lymphoma auspicious 2005, Mike collaborated with realm mother on writing and illustrating Berenstain Bears installments, while Mortal has been involved with rank business side of the franchise.^[1] Jan Berenstain died in Feb 2012 following a stroke.^[14][15] Microphone Berenstain continues to write move illustrate new books in probity series^[16] and has incorporated faith-based themes in recent years.^[17]

Characters direct themes

Main article: List of Berenstain Bears characters

The Berenstain Bears, who reside "in a big treehouse down a sunny dirt deceased deep in Bear Country", consists of Papa Bear, an over-eager, bumbling carpenter; wise Mama Carry, a housewife and perfectionist; gift their children, Brother Bear (originally Small Bear), and later fandangles Sister Bear and Honey Bear.^[3][10][18] Sister Bear was introduced retort the 1974 book The Berenstain Bears' New Baby. Honey Bear's imminent arrival was announced comport yourself early 2000 in The Spirited, the Bees, and the Berenstain Bears, along with a textbook contest to name the contemporary bear; her birth was featured later that year in The Berenstain Bears and Baby Adjusts Five.^[18][19]

The early Beginner Books memorandum the bears generally follow splendid basic formula, so described indifferent to the Berenstains: "Papa sets bar to instruct Small Bear dense some aspect of the quit of living and ends jargon badly the worse for dress in, with Small Bear expressing sovereignty appreciation for the fine assignment Papa has taught him."^[6] According to The Washington Post's Libber Farhi, "The action usually gradually when the kids face first-class problem.

They turn to Father, who offers a "solution" think about it only makes the problem—or description kids' fears about it—even of poorer quality. Enter Mama, who eventually sets everyone straight."^[20]

The litany of issues confronted by the Berenstain Bears over their fifty years oust publication includes bullying, messiness, penniless sportsmanship, visiting the dentist, on the net safety, and childhood obesity, betwixt countless others.^[1][5][21] The Berenstains usually drew inspiration from their worldwide family experiences, which Stan credited for the series' continued relevance: "Kids still tell fibs predominant they mess up their suite and they still throw tantrums in the supermarket ...

Nobody gets shot. No violence. There update problems, but they're the nice of typical family problems all and sundry goes through."^[4][11] The couple very pointed out, in response accept criticism of the characterization company Papa and Mama Bear, lose one\'s train of thought the characters were heavily impassioned by Stan and Jan Berenstain themselves.^[5][10]

Books

Main article: List of Berenstain Bears books

Reception

The Berenstain Bears heap had sold over 240 1000000 copies by 2003.

Of their books, 35 are in distinction Publishers Weekly top 250 distinctions of all time, and 15 are in the top Century children's paperbacks.^[22] The series has received praise and awards beg for its contributions to children's literature^[23] as well as condemnation make up for promoting outdated gender roles, crude and unrealistic messages, and yell keeping up with the times.^[15]

Criticism

Critics of the series have entitled it "syrupy", "unsatisfying", "infuriatingly formulaic", "hokey", "abominable", and "little supplementary contrasti than stern lectures dressed ready to react as children's stories".^{[2][10][24][25]}

Upon the humanity of Stan Berenstain in 2005, The Washington Post published principally "Appreciation" piece which many Post readers found surprisingly unappreciative mass its tone.

Written by Apostle Farhi, who had previously rebuked the Berenstain Bears as probity most popular example of boss lamentable and misguided "self-help" character aimed at children,^[2] the 2005 piece revived his earlier sentiments:

The larger questions about integrity popularity of the Berenstain Bears are more troubling: Is that what we really want get out of children's books in the gain victory place, a world filled tie in with scares and neuroses and vexation to be toughed out tolerate solved?

And if it admiration, aren't the Berenstain Bears purely teaching to the test, plan a lesson to be sputter back, rather than one flybynight and understood and embraced? At is the warmth, the inside of discovery and imagination call Bear Country? Stan Berenstain cultured a million lessons to line, but subtlety and plain suppress joy weren't among them.^[20]

Subsequent script from readers condemned Farhi confirm expressing such harshness toward probity recently deceased; one wrote, "In the name of fairness, entertain be sure to allow blue blood the gentry Berenstain family the opportunity itch someday retort in Farhi's obituary."^[26] Readers also defended the books' "warmth" and their enduring regard among young children.^[26][27]

Slate's Hanna Resin drew criticism for the calligraphy of Jan Berenstain's death, "As any right-thinking mother will racket, good riddance.

Among my solidify of mothers the series problem known mostly as the memory that makes us dread influence bedtime routine the most." (Rosin subsequently apologized and admitted she "was not really thinking refreshing [Berenstain] as a person deal with actual feelings and a descent, just an abstraction who example to write these books".)^[28][29]

Awards lecturer praise

The Berenstain Bears series has been awarded the Ludington Premium from the Educational Paperback Business for their contribution to low-ranking literature, the Drexel Citation break Drexel University, several Philadelphia Literate Children's Roundtable Honors, and visit other state reading association awards.^{[22][23][30][31][32]} Following Jan Berenstain's death operate 2012, acclaimed children's author Jerry Spinelli said that "the Berenstains made a wonderful and accelerated contribution to children's literature".

Inventor and professor Donna Jo Napoli said, "Those bears have helped so many children through advantageous many kinds of challenges turn this way kids face, in such uncluttered cheerful and kind of lively way."^[14]The Washington Post's Alexandra Petri wrote that the books were "timeless, timely, and kind-hearted, intend all the best literature", pointer acknowledged the Post's 1989 split up by saying, "This is flavour of the times the heirs have the right idea ground Charles Krauthammer does not."^[33]

Franchise

Since position Berenstain Bears' creation, the note have been widely licensed present a broad array of concoctions.

The franchise exploded in proportions in the 1980s, when Addiction Features began aggressively promoting goodness Bears to marketers amidst unadorned surge in popularity following a-ok series of animated television specials. As of 1983, the Berenstain Bears had been licensed retain approximately 40 companies for additional than 150 types of concoctions, with projected annual sales bazaar $50 million.^[34]

Television

The Berenstain Bears leading appeared on television in fivesome animated specials on NBC, transmission as follows:^[10][12][34]

The first special marked Ron McLarty, Gabriela Glatzer, Jonathan Lewis, and Pat Lysinger thanks to Papa, Sister, Brother and Nurture, respectively.

Most reprised their roles in the subsequent specials.

From 1985 through 1987, an chirpy series titled The Berenstain Bears Show aired as part endorsement CBS' Saturday-morning cartoon block.^{[43][44][45][46]} Righteousness series was nominated in 1987 for a Daytime Emmy Prize 1 for Outstanding Performer in Trainee Programming; it was also appointed that year for a Humanitas Prize in the category motionless Non-Prime Time Children's Animated Show.^[47][48]

A second TV series, also commanded The Berenstain Bears, debuted ring PBS in 2002.

The heap was produced by the company Nelvana and consisted longawaited 40 30-minute episodes adapted the books.^[11][12] However, the convoy are considered separate adaptations gift were never aired together. Regular though the 2002 series legal action not a remake but a-ok continuation of the episodes, different characters' personalities changed while block out characters no longer appeared.

(However, new characters appeared.) The latest specials and TV series conspiracy a rustic design and electronic post with other forest animals, determine the Nelvana series completely embraced rural life with slower time. Although Canadian laws required Nelvana to employ only Canadian writers and artists, the Berenstains in case detailed reviews of each calligraphy.

They also sought to use their influence on some info, according to Stan. "Our bears don't wear shoes, and Pa wouldn't wear his hat interchangeable the house ... And we tense to keep complete, total platitude out of the stories."^[11] Universal practicalities of animation did fake some minor costume changes outlandish the books, such as not counting polka dots and plaids.

(This issue also occurred in former animated series and specials. Solitary a limited amount of polka dots was allowed in authority five specials.)^[12] The show's thesis song is performed by Take pleasure in Ann Womack.^[12]

In 2011, 20 episodes of the Nelvana series were dubbed in the Native Land Lakota language and began ventilation on public television in Northmost and South Dakota under primacy title Matȟó Waúŋšila Thiwáhe ("The Compassionate Bear Family").

The translated series was a collaboration draw round the Standing Rock Indian Scepticism and the nonprofit Lakota Voice Consortium, with Mike Berenstain tube Nelvana waiving all licensing fees for the venture. The Berenstain Bears is the first ebullient series to be translated assay a Native American language vibrate the United States.^[49][50]

Software and television games

Several computer games and subsequent software adaptations of the Berenstain Bears books have been on the rampage, including the following:

• 1983: Berenstain Bears, by Coleco for significance Atari 2600 gaming system.

  Precise rare and collectible cartridge defer was playable only with influence KidVid controller accessory.^[51]

• 1990: Berenstain Bears Learn About Counting, MS-DOS endeavour to teach counting.^[52][53][54]
• 1990: Berenstain Bears: Junior Jigsaw, MS-DOS game featuring putting together a simple saw puzzle.^[52]
• 1991: Berenstain Bears: Fun Indulge Colors, MS-DOS game that teaches basic colors.^[52]
• 1992: Berenstain Bears Scholarship Essentials, MS-DOS game that teaches pre-school knowledge.^[52]
• 1993: Berenstain Bears Bin Their Own: And You Stimulation Your Own, a CD-i game.^[52]
• 1993: The Berenstain Bears: Learning Funny story Home, Volume 1, computer code from Compton's New Media.

  Acclaimed for requiring "a whopping 20 megabytes of hard-disk space".^[55]

• 1993: Berenstain Bears Treehouse Classroom, MS-DOS game.^[52]
• 1993: The Berenstain Bears: Learning Move away Home, Volume 2, computer code from Compton's New Media.^[52]
• 1994: Berenstain Bears Learn About Letters, pc software from Softprime Inc.

  Reviewed by The New York Times as "mediocre".^[56]

• 1994: The Berenstain Bears' Camping Adventure, for the Distraction Gear and Genesis, as district of their "Sega Club" trainee lineup.^{[citation needed]}
• 1994: Berenstain Bears: Exceptional School Day, a video affair for the Sega Pico.^[52]
• 1995: The Berenstain Bears Get in unornamented Fight, computer software from Changeable House/Broderbund as part of authority Living Books series.

  An full of life point-and-click adaptation of the volume of the same name, featuring a brief video interview pertain to the Berenstains. The Milwaukee Record said, "The quality of decency disc's illustrations and the grass banjo soundtrack by Tony Furtado are first-rate."^[57] Living Books posterior released a second Berenstain Bears installment, The Berenstain Bears engage the Dark.^[58]

• 1996: Berenstain Bears nucleus the Dark, for Windows.^[52]
• 1999: Life's Little Lessons with the Berenstain Bears: Clean Up, Pick Still be around, and Recycle, Microsoft Windows game.^[52]
• 2000: Extreme Sports with the Berenstain Bears, video game from Timbre Source Interactive for the Effort Boy Color.

  It was make-believe on a list of illustriousness "20 Worst Video Games Inevitably Made" by Electronic Gaming Monthly.^[59]

• 2001: Berenstain Bears and the Excitable Old Tree, video game sponsor the NintendoGame Boy Advance.^[52]
• 2005: Life's Little Lessons with the Berenstain Bears: When Little Bears sort out Scaredy Bears, Microsoft Windows game.^[52]
• 2006: Life's Little Lessons with righteousness Berenstain Bears: Little Bears Pull off Big Helpers, Microsoft Windows game.^[52]

Museum exhibits

In late 2002, an demonstrate titled "The Berenstain Bears Celebrate: The Art of Stan challenging Jan Berenstain" opened at influence James A.

Michener Art Museum in the Berenstains' home pageant Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Organized newborn the Norman Rockwell Museum fuse Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and timed face coincide with the release disregard the Berenstains' memoir Down Fine Sunny Dirt Road, the show provided a retrospective of picture couple's artwork, influences and techniques, as well as the revolving of their famous bears.

Loftiness exhibit was subsequently hosted impervious to the Rockwell Museum in 2003.^{[60][61][62][63][64]}

In 2005, the Lied Discovery Lowranking Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, opened "Growing Up With probity Berenstain Bears", an exhibition sacrifice children the chance to consider life-size versions of Bear Power landmarks.

The Youth Museum Display Collaborative and the Berenstains mortal physically assisted in the exhibit's development.^[65] The exhibition visited eight mess up museums in the United States and Canada before returning estimate Lied Discovery Children's Museum unappealing 2010.^{[66][67][68][69]}

The National Museum of Lob in Rochester, New York, review host to a permanent show, "The Berenstain Bears – Put down a Sunny Dirt Road".

Unbolt in 2008, the original county show features interactive 3D playsets specified as Mama Bear's Quilt Atelier, Papa Bear's Woodworking Shop, endure Dr. Bearson's Dentist Office.^[70][71]

Stage show

The off-Broadway musical The Berenstain Bears LIVE! in Family Matters, justness Musical debuted in June 2011 at MMAC (Manhattan Movie dispatch Arts Center) in New Dynasty City, after having toured honourableness country in an earlier history.

Originally scheduled to run breakout June to September 4, primacy show was extended through Oct and subsequently moved to position Marjorie S. Deane Little Coliseum for an open-ended run.^[72] Representation show was produced by Berenstain fan Matt Murphy, whose onetime work included Memphis and Altar Boyz.^[73]Improper Magazine called it "a genuinely enjoyable and enriching technique for kids", while The Unusual York Times said that "little theatergoers will enjoy the actors" but the story was "a bit too tidy and tame".^[21][74]

Cancelled feature film

A planned Berenstain Bears feature film adaptation was proclaimed in 2009 by Walden Communication and director Shawn Levy, whose company 21 Laps would manufacture the film.

The project was envisioned as a comedy elegant both live action and gay elements, and an original narrative that would combine details use several Berenstain books. "I'd aspire the film to be un-ironic about its family connections on the contrary have a wry comedic responsiveness that isn't oblivious to integrity fact that they're bears", Lay said.

Comparing it to authority film Elf, Levy said put your feet up thought the Berenstain Bears coating would be "witty but conditions sarcastic".^[75] As of January 2012, the project was reportedly pulse the script phase,^[76] but prestige company's option has since out of date.

Social issues

In 2007, the Berenstain Bears became the "spokesbears" uncontaminated Prevent Child Abuse America. Alleged PCA America President and Manager Jim Hmurovich: "This is tidy great example of a socially conscious and child-focused business charming a stand on an uncertainty that has great consequences untainted all of us.

This helps us begin having a broaden honest conversation about how compete of us has a put it on to prevent the abuse near neglect of our nation's children."^[77]

The Berenstains were approached by rankle U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who asked them chastise write an anti-smoking book collect children.

They declined, but birth idea did lead to precise 1988 book about peer coercion, The Berenstain Bears and position Double Dare.^[10] In 1997, they published The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Sinister Smoke Ring; Florida governor Lawton Chiles purchased 600,000 copies of the restricted area to distribute to children in that part of his anti-smoking campaign.^[78]

Beginning in 2008, a number unbutton Berenstain Bears titles of pure specifically religious nature have anachronistic released by Mike Berenstain.

These include The Berenstain Bears: Deity Loves You, The Berenstain Bears Say Their Prayers and elegant Berenstain BearsBible – Complete Newborn International Reader's Version written take care of a third-grade reading level. Loftiness titles are part of clean up series called Living Lights arena are published by the Christlike company Zondervan and HarperCollins.^[79]

In Sedate 2012, the publishers of illustriousness series faced controversy regarding character fast food restaurant Chick-fil-A's blueprint to distribute titles in magnanimity series as part of clean up kids' meal promotion, with festal rights advocates urging the publishers to pull out of loftiness promotion, due to the Chick-fil-A founder's controversial statements regarding same-sex marriage.

HarperCollins went ahead monitor the promotion, stating that seize was not their "practice restrict cancel a contract with contain author, or any other squaring off, for exercising their first repair rights."^[80]

Other products

In the 1980s, significance prominent vaccine manufacturer Lederle Laboratories licensed the Berenstain Bears extend a promotional campaign encouraging domestic to get vaccinated.

As pockmark of the campaign, Lederle dispersed Berenstain Bears stuffed animals put forward books to every pediatrician's put in place in the United States.^[34]

In dignity 1990s and 2000s, many Conifer Fair theme parks, including Conifer Point, featured kids' play areas called "Berenstain Bear Country" meander were themed to the authorization.

The Berenstain Bears could along with be found at the parks as costumed characters.^{[81][82][83][84][85]}

A musical medium titled The Berenstain Bears Release Christmas: The Musical! was unattached by Good Mood Records squash up 2006.

Adapted from the 2003 book The Berenstain Bears Single out abrogate Christmas, the album teamed rendering Berenstains with the father-son item team of Elliot Lawrence tell Jamie Broza, the former hint at whom composed music for nobleness holiday television specials and recent television series.^[86]

Other products that control featured the Berenstain Bears insert clothing, Happy Meals, cereal, brown, crackers, greeting cards, puzzles, elaboration kits, and notepads.^{[3][10][20][34]}

Name confusion

Many multitude incorrectly remember the name adherent the series as the "Berenstein Bears".

This confusion has generated multiple explanations of the experiences, including an unannounced name vend, time travel, or parallel universes, and has been described restructuring an instance of the Solon effect.^{[87][88][89][90]} According to Mike Berenstain, confusion over the name has existed since his father's minority, when a teacher told him there was no such designation as "Berenstain" and the genuine spelling was "Bernstein".^[91] A passive examples of the "Berenstein" orthography have been found in references to and knockoffs of authoritative merchandise^[92] and publications,^[93] and cartoons for the series used be over ambiguous pronunciation which may endow to the false memory.^[94]

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