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...DIED. STANLEY BERENSTAIN, 82, co-author and co-illustrator, with his wife, Jan, of the best-selling children's books that chronicle the everyday travails of the Berenstain Bear family; in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. After the couple submitted a manuscript in 1961 to Random House editor Theodor Geisel?better known as Dr. Seuss?The Big Honey Hunt became the first of some 250 books in the Berenstain Bears series, which have since sold some 300 million copies...
DIED. STANLEY BERENSTAIN, 82, co-author and co-illustrator, with his wife Jan, of the best-selling Berenstain Bears children's books, which chronicle the everyday travails of a family of bears; in Bucks County, Pa. The couple, who met in art school, submitted a manuscript to then Random House editor Theodor Geisel--better known as Dr. Seuss--and The Big Honey Hunt, published in 1962, became the first of some 250 books in a series that has since sold nearly 300 million copies. The bears generated some criticism for stereotypical roles--Mama Bear tends to the cubs, for example...
Susie's day at Anyschool, U.S.A., begins with a geography lesson in which she locates major cities according to where Tootsie Rolls are made and sold. Then she turns to her reading: if her class makes enough progress in The Berenstain Bears at the Teen Rock Cafe, they will win a party at the local Pizza Hut. Her science lesson--Scientists and the Alaskan Oil Spill--comes to her courtesy of none other than Exxon...
...Nguyen plinks on the piano. Winsome, if off-key, her 29 charges launch into "My country 'tis of thee," fading away uncertainly as they reach the line "Land of the Pilgrims' pride." About half the children are native Vietnamese speakers; nine are Hispanic. But the book box holds the Berenstain Bears and Dr. Seuss; cheery posters list the days of the week and the months of the year--in English only. At day's end the lesson is about "contours." With crayons, the children are to outline a picture of an apple. Most comply easily, but six-year-old Tuyen...
...Berenstain Bears' Christmas Special." This animated repeat tells how two bears and their parents learn the true meaning of Christmas...