Not a Day Goes By. Go the edge of suspense with Iris Johansen and click here for your message from Iris. In 50 years of marriage, Stan and Jan Berenstain together have produced one wildly successful career, two sons who work with them, four grandchildren and a virtual library of children's books featuring the beloved Berenstain Bears. Jan and Stan have illustrated and written more than 150 books. There are an estimated 220 million copies in print.
Kids have to do things that they can feel some direct pride in.
The new books present both stories and gentle instruction. Children love the world of Mama Bear, Papa Bear and the two cubs because it is a fantasy rooted in the realities of real life. Over the years, they have handled everything from stage fright to messy rooms to new babies to junk food. The real Berenstains met on the first day of art school in 1941. They worked as cartoonists before writing a humor book about parenting.