The Berenstain Bears Draw-it!: Drawing Lessons from Stan and Jan (First Time Do-it Books) - Softcover

Berenstain, Stan; Berenstain, Jan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679873147 ISBN 13: 9780679873143

Publisher: Random House Childrens Books, 1996

Synopsis

Mr. Smock teaches the cubs of Bear Country School how to draw, in a how-to book that explains how any child can be an artist

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About the Author

Stan and Jan Berenstain were both born in 1923 in Philadelphia.  They didn't know each other as children, but met later at school, at the Philadelphia College of Art.  They liked each other right away, and found out that the both enjoyed the same kinds of books, plays, music and art.  During World War II, Stan was a medical assistant in the Army, and Jan worked in an airplane factory.  When the war was over, they got married and began to work together as artists and writers, primarily drawing cartoons for popular magazines.  After having their two sons Leo and Michael, the Berenstains decided to write some funny children's books that their children and other children could read and enjoy.  Their first published children's book was called The B

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in full color. When an artist comes to Bear Country School, Brother and Sister learn to draw just about everything in sight! They also learn that drawing is a function of seeing and analyzing what you see, and that "talent" is where you find it. Every child can be an artist with this book's Do-It! section, which shows how to draw the Bears and other great stuff from Bear Country.

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679873147
• ISBN 13: 9780679873143
• Binding: Paperback