Blog #12

As a child one of my favorite books to read was the Berenstain Bear books. Brother and Sister bear were always getting in some sort of trouble. The were just like me and I could easily relate to them. Well when looking them up to write a blog about, I learned that the creator of the bears recently died at the age of 82. This series was turned into a cartoon show and these bears were in over 200 books. The Berenstain Bears were a childhood animation that we all loved and enjoyed reading and watching.
Stan Berenstain died Saturday in Pennsylvania. In more than 200 books, the Berenstain Bears, written and illustrated by Stan and Jan Berenstain, helped children for 40 years cope with trips to the dentist, eating junk food and cleaning their messy rooms. The reason for the couple to produce these books was to help children learn to read while entertaining them. Since the books were around for more than 40 years the authors were asked wether they considered making changes. Stan said no for changes in "Bear Country". He said that children in todays world still have messy rooms and are still telling fibs, but now there is violence, however not in Bear Country. There are problems, but they're the kind of typical family problems everyone goes through. When the couple was first beginning they had help from another prominate author, Theodor Geisel, or for some Dr. Seuss.
Now Stan and Jan's sons are contributing to the books and when the books are produced the finished piece of work is attributed to the Berenstains collectively. The tv show is still running and comes out with new shows just like any other. It is aired weekdays at noon on PBS. The next episode will be Trouble with Pets when brother and sister bear get a puppy and learn responsibility the hard way! R.I.P. Stan Berenstain and thank you.