The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise

By Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain

Winter won’t end in Bear Country—and snow just might stop the Easter Bunny in its tracks.
 
When Papa Bear goes off to cut wood in the forest, Brother Bear wishes he had other cubs to play with. Bill Bunny, Finerty Frog, and Fred Firefly are just fair-weather friends. To make matters worse, it doesn’t look like this gray and gloomy winter will ever end, especially when Boss Bunny—who’s in charge of Easter—suddenly quits his job. How will Papa get his jelly beans? What about rainbows and baby robins and the miracle of new life? Without Easter, how will Mama Bear unveil her big surprise? There must be a way to get the seasons to change again. Can Brother Bear help bring spring back to Bear Country?

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Media
• Release date: Oct 6, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504020640

Stan Berenstain

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.