The creators of the Berenstain Bears grew up in the same area ... their bears after reading a New Yorker profile of a Random House editor named Theodor Geisel—yup, Theodor “Dr.

Jan Berenstain, who wrote and illustrated the beloved, wildly popular Berenstain Bears children's books with her husband Stan, died Friday at age 88. (Stan Berenstain died in 2005.) When news ...