
Jan Berenstain, who with her husband wrote and illustrated the Berenstain Bears books, gentle best-sellers that enlightened preschoolers for half a century with simple lessons about kindness and tidiness, and reasons not to be afraid of the doctor, died on Friday in Solebury, Pa. She was 88.
read more: The New York Times
I am legitimately so, so sad to hear this.
Their books were such a huge part of my childhood—we have a collection of the First Time books and the Big Chapter books. The videos, too. Brother and I have made a tradition out of watching Meet Big Paw and Christmas Tree around Thanksgiving and Christmas for years.
She is most definitely missed.
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How am I just finding this out?! I loved those books as a kid! This is really sad, but she’s done so much for kids all...
Awwwhh!! :c Her books were a part of my childhood, too! I used to be like, ‘they call their parents Mama and Papa, too!...
Those books were my entire childhood.