Jan Berenstain

Stan and Jan Berenstain were already successful cartoonists for magazines and adult humor books when they began writsts for magazines and adult humor books when they began writing children's books. The first story starring the bear famiing children's books. The first story starring the bear family, "The Big Honey Hunt", appeared in 1962. Since then, morely, "The Big Honey Hunt", appeared in 1962. Since then, more than 250 Berenstain Bears books have been published, and mo than 250 Berenstain Bears books have been published, and more