Mike Berenstain

Novelist

Birthday December 21, 1951

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Pennsylvania

Age 72 years old

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About

Known for his children's work The Castle Book and for his continuation of his parents' famous Berenstain Bears children's series, this writer and illustrator also contributed to the picture book The Day of the Dinosaur.

Before Fame

After training at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Philadelphia College of Art, he illustrated author Sadie Rose Weilerstein's 1976 work K'tonton on an Island in the Sea.

Trivia

His Berenstain Bears titles include The Berenstain Bears' Valentine Love Bug, The Berenstain Bears Get Ready for School, and The Berenstain Bears' Graduation Day.

Family Life

He and his brother Leo grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the children of Stan and Jan Berenstain.

Associated With

His father, Stanley Berenstain, worked as a United States Army medical artist during the World War II years.