Jan Berenstain, 88, who with her husband, Stan, made up one of the most successful husband-wife teams in children's literature, guiding an empire of books, videos and TV shows about the everyday problems of a family of bears, died Friday after a stroke in Solebury, Pa.
The Berenstain Bears books -- about 300 titles --have offered parents and their children guidance, comfort and old-fashioned humor about perennial issues such as fear of the dentist, dealing with bullies and resolving sibling rivalries since the first book was published 50 years ago.
Both Jan Berenstain and her husband, who died in 2005 at age 82, were accomplished illustrators and worked together on nearly every book.
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