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Article: Random House Children's Books Hosts A Berenstain Bears Birthday Bash At The Lincoln Center Barnes & Noble.
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- PR Newswire
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- October 8, 2002
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NEW YORK -- Forty years ago, Stan and Jan Berenstain, a married team of struggling cartoonists with a new son, sat in a boardroom with Theodore Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, and presented a children's book manuscript, complete with illustrations, about a quirky and loveable family of bears. Theodore Geisel was impressed. He signed the book and quickly asked Stan and Jan to write a series featuring these "Berenstain Bears."
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Forty years later, Stan and Jan Berenstain are legends in the world of children's book publishing. To celebrate a 40 year tradition of Berenstain Bears, Random House ...