Stanley Berenstain

Children's Author

Birthday September 29, 1923

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Pennsylvania

DEATH DATE Nov 26, 2005 (82)

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About

Pennsylvania-born children's book author and illustrator. He and his wife, Jan, became famous for their popular Berenstain Bears book series.

Before Fame

After attending the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, he worked during World War II as a medical artist for the United States Army.

Trivia

He and his wife co-created It's All in the Family, a cartoon that was published for three decades in Good Housekeeping and McCall's magazines.

Family Life

He married literary collaborator Jan (Grant) Berenstain in April of 1946. The couple's son, Michael, had a career as an illustrator and writer.

Associated With

He was a contemporary of fellow American children's book author Paula Fox.