Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 16

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 16-Senators James, Adler, Augustine, Coffin, Jacobsen, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O'Connell, O'Donnell, Porter, Raggio, Rawson, Regan, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Honoring Stan and Jan Berenstain, authors of books for children.

Whereas, Jan Grant and Stanley Berenstain both spent their years of childhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, absorbed in drawing and illustrating at every opportunity; and
Whereas, Jan Grant and Stan Berenstain entered the Philadelphia College of Art in 1941, where they met on the very first day of classes; and
Whereas, The couple were married on April 13, 1946, immediately after Stan's discharge from the army at the end of World War II; and
Whereas, Stan and Jan Berenstain supported themselves in the early years of their marriage by jointly creating humorous, family-oriented cartoons for magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, Collier's and McCall's; and
Whereas, Stan and Jan Berenstain entered the children's book market in 1962 with the publication of The Big Honey Hunt, an instantly popular book written in rhyme about the comical adventures of a family of bears; and
Whereas, That first book and the series that it inspired, edited by Dr. Seuss and known as the Berenstain Bear books, achieved tremendous success and established Stan and Jan Berenstain as preeminent figures in the field of creating books for children; and
Whereas, In response to numerous requests for books appropriate for older children, Stan and Jan Berenstain added their sons Leo and Michael to their highly successful team and now also produce Berenstain Bears Big Chapter Books; and
Whereas, The educational messages in the Berenstain Bear books are currently disseminated via coloring books, audiocassettes, filmstrips, videocassettes, television specials and CD-ROMs; and
Whereas, There are over 100 Berenstain Bear books in print and the Berenstains consistently create relevant stories which are up-beat, colorful, instructional and funny and which offer a positive picture of family life; and
Whereas, The creative illustrations and entertaining text of the Berenstain Bears books have delighted children for many decades and continue to attain ever greater popularity and success; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly Concurring, That the members of the 69th session of the Nevada Legislature wish to honor and praise Stan and Jan Berenstain for their many achievements in the area of illustration and literature for children, especially for their creation of the delightfully charismatic, educational and entertaining Berenstain Bear family loved by countless children through the years; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit copies of this resolution to Stan and Jan Berenstain and the Governor and Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania, the home state of the Berenstains.
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