Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race (First Time Readers) - Hardcover

Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394991346 ISBN 13: 9780394991344

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 1987

Synopsis

Brother Bear in his little red car competes against bigger, faster cars in a road race that has a surprising ending

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From the Inside Flap

Illus. in full color. Brother Bear in his little red car slowly but surely wins out against the yellow and blue cars in this tortoise-and-hare story.

About the Author

Stan and Jan Berenstain were both born in 1923 in Philadelphia.  They didn't know each other as children, but met later at school, at the Philadelphia College of Art.  They liked each other right away, and found out that the both enjoyed the same kinds of books, plays, music and art.  During World War II, Stan was a medical assistant in the Army, and Jan worked in an airplane factory.  When the war was over, they got married and began to work together as artists and writers, primarily drawing cartoons for popular magazines.  After having their two sons Leo and Michael, the Berenstains decided to write some funny children's books that their children and other children could read and enjoy.  Their first published children's book was called The Big Honey Hunt.  It was about a family of bears, who later became known as the "Berenstain Bears."  
Stan and Jan planned all of their books together. They both wrote the stories and created the pictures.  They continued to live outside of Philadelphia in the country.  There are now over 300 Berenstain Bears books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0394991346
• ISBN 13: 9780394991344
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32