The Berenstain Bears' Valentine Party

by Jan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain (Illustrator)

Overview

Join the Berenstain Bears on their latest lift-the-flap adventure!

It is Valentine's Day at the Bear Country School, and Teacher Jane's class is having a party! Join Sister Bear and her friends as they share lots of special messages. Who will get the most valentines?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060574253
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	11/25/2008
Series:	Berenstain Bears Series
Pages:	16
Sales rank:	93,539
Product dimensions:	6.76(w) x 7.92(h) x 0.13(d)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Stan and Jan Berenstain were already successful cartoonists for magazines and adult humor books when they began writing children's books. The first story starring the bear family, The Big Honey Hunt, appeared in 1962. Since then, more than 370 Berenstain Bears books have been published, and more than 300 million copies have been sold. What began as an idea sparked by their young sons' love of reading has become over the years arguably the best-selling children's book series ever.

Since their inception, the Berenstain Bears stories have expanded to include picture books, beginning readers, and chapter books—even a hit TV show on PBS. Writing and illustrating the books has become a Berenstain family affair. Mike joined with his parents as a creative team in the late 1980s. The Bear family has expanded over the years as well. Sister Bear arrived in 1974, and baby Honey joined the family in 2000.

Though Stan died in 2005 and Jan in 2012, Mike continues to create the delightful Berenstain Bear adventures from his studio in Pennsylvania.

Stan and Jan Berenstain were already successful cartoonists for magazines and adult humor books when they began writing children's books. The first story starring the bear family, The Big Honey Hunt, appeared in 1962. Since then, more than 250 Berenstain Bears books have been published, and more than 260 million copies have been sold. What began as an idea sparked by their young sons' interest in children's books has become over the years arguably the best-selling children's book series ever.

Since their inception, the Berenstain Bears stories have expanded to include picture books, beginning readers, and chapter books—even a hit TV show on PBS. Writing and illustrating the books has become a Berenstain family affair. Mike joined with his parents as a creative team in the late 1980s. The Bear family has expanded over the years as well. Sister Bear arrived in 1974, and baby Honey joined the family in 2000.

Since Stan's death at age eighty-two in 2005, Jan and Mike have continued to write and illustrate wonderful new adventures for Mama, Papa, Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear. They live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, which looks a lot like Bear Country.

Mike Berenstain lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he continues to write and illustrate wonderful new adventures for Mama, Papa, Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear.

Editorial Reviews

Everyone's favorite family of bears is back in a Valentine's Day themed installment of the "Berenstain Bears" series. Sister Bear's class is celebrating Valentine's Day, and her teacher places surprise Valentine's messages around the room before the children exchange Valentines with each other, some of them nicer than others. Each Valentine is hidden behind a flap for readers to lift in order to reveal the message, an interactive touch to a very simple story. Though many of the "Berenstain Bears" books are focused upon a moral or specific topic for children to learn about or reflect upon, the point of this particular story is merely to share the fun messages inside each Valentine card and to please readers with the lift-the-flap novelty. A simple but limited story that is good for reading on Valentine's Day in the classroom or to give as a Valentine's gift as an creative alternative to cards and candy. Reviewer: Carly Reagan

Children's Literature - Carly Reagan