You'll note the previous entry features two books by the couple who created "The Berenstain Bears." Oddly, Wikipedia contains almost nothing about their pre-Bears career, and I have to say that (despite the fact that I enjoy the Bears books) I prefer their earlier work, aimed (as it was) at adult readers. More than one of the cartoons they came up with, both as magazine features and as book-length projects, produce spontaneous laughter to this day.

The Big Honey Hunt was published in 1962, introducing their Bears, and we met the Berenstains when the success of their kids' books had led to licensing the Bears as dolls. The two went on a book tour, and purchase of two dolls led to two free drawings. We diffidently asked whether they were permitted on the tour to draw, for example, a Bedside Lover Boy image; they were very nice about it, conferred together, and then apologized but said they didn't think it would be appropriate in connection with the tour.

Stan Berenstein died in November 2005, but Jan Berenstain and son Mike continue to produce Bears material. Here's a view of the family from the back of Baby Makes Four.