Summary
Young readers will appreciate seeing how hard work pays off as parents use the Bear's loving example to teach their own children the importance and satisfaction of a job well done--a Living Lights(tm) Level One I Can Read book featuring the ever-popular and beloved Berenstain Bears characters and artwork.
It's clean-up day at the Bear family home. Mama and Papa Bear have asked Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear to clean out their playhouse. But soon, playing baseball sounds much more fun than sweeping and dusting.
Mama and Papa Bear decide it's the perfect opportunity to teach the cubs an important life lesson: How putting in a good day's work can be fun and feel rewarding.
Will the cubs skip out on their chores, or will they get back to work and accomplish what Mama and Papa asked?
The Berenstain Bears Get the Job Done:
Features the hand-drawn artwork of Mike Berenstain, the son of the creators of The Berenstain Bears, Stan and Jan Berenstain Will be read again and again by children ages 4 to 8 alongside their parents and grandparents Is an addition to the popular Zonderkidz Living Lights series of books, perfect for early readers, reading out loud, learning important life lessons and sparking important conversations Continues in the much-loved footsteps of Stan and Jan Berenstain, the creators of the Berenstain Bears series of books that is approaching its 60th Anniversary
Jan Berenstain was born Jan Grant on July 26, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She met Stan Berenstain on their first day of classes in 1941 at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art. During World War II, Stan served as a medical illustrator in an Army hospital and Jan worked as a draftswoman in the Army Corps of Engineers and as an aircraft riveter. They married in 1946 and together began drawing cartoons for the McCall's/Good Housekeeping All in the Family series. They worked on this feature from 1956 through 1990. They also published artwork in magazines like Colliers and the Saturday Evening Post.
The Big Honey Hunt, published in 1962, was their first book for children. This book, which was written for Dr. Seuss's Beginner Books series, was so popular that Dr. Seuss himself, Theodore Geisel, encouraged them to write more stories. His advice launched them on a life-career writing and illustrating the Berenstain Bears books.
The Berenstain Bears' New Baby, published in 1974, was the beginning of the First Time Books series. She wrote more than 300 books during her lifetime. The couple received numerous awards including the Children's Choice Award for The Berenstain Bears' New Neighbors in 1995 and the Ludington Award in 1989 for their work in children's literature. There have been television shows based on the Berenstain Bears books, as well as CD-ROMs and videos. She died after a stroke on February 24, 2012 at the age of 88.
(Bowker Author Biography)