The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Coughing Catfish
by Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
Berenstain Bears (Bear Scouts — 6)
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The Bear Scouts work on their Scuba-diving Merit Badge, while trying to discover what is causing the pollution in Lake Grizzly that is making Old Jake, a very large catfish, sick.Tags
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I can't believe I'd forgotten about this book! This was one of my VERY favorite books as a kid. I remember thinking that the whole concept of having to help a coughing catfish was just so awesome and funny. When I first read it I think I was too young to really understand the environmental aspects of it, but I was amused by it when I reread it later in life.
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Stan Berenstain was born in 1923 in Philadelphia, the same year and place as his future wife, Jan. They met as students at the Philadelphia College of Art. World War II delayed their career plans: Stan joined the army as a medical assistant while Jan supported the war effort by working in an airplane factory. They married in 1946 and together show more began drawing cartoons for the McCall's/Good Housekeeping It's All in the Family series. They worked on this feature from 1956 through 1990. The Big Honey Hunt, published in 1962, was their first book for children. This book about a family of bears, written for Dr. Seuss's Beginner Books series, was so popular that Dr. Seuss himself, Theodore Geisel, encouraged them to write more stories. Geisel's advice launched the Berenstains on life-career writing and illustrating the very successful Berenstain Bears books. The Berenstain Bears' New Baby, published in 1974, was the beginning of the First Time Books series. The Children's Choice Award was given to The Berenstain Bears' New Neighbors in 1995. The Berenstains were also honored for their work in children's literature when they received the Ludington Award in 1989. There have been television shows based on the Berenstain Bears books, as well as CD-ROMs and videos. Stan Berenstain passed away on November 26th, 2005, after a lengthy battle with lymphoma. He was 82. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Jan Berenstain was born Jan Grant on July 26, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She met Stan Berenstain on their first day of classes in 1941 at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art. During World War II, Stan served as a medical illustrator in an Army hospital and Jan worked as a draftswoman in the Army Corps of Engineers and as an show more aircraft riveter. They married in 1946 and together began drawing cartoons for the McCall's/Good Housekeeping All in the Family series. They worked on this feature from 1956 through 1990. They also published artwork in magazines like Colliers and the Saturday Evening Post. The Big Honey Hunt, published in 1962, was their first book for children. This book, which was written for Dr. Seuss's Beginner Books series, was so popular that Dr. Seuss himself, Theodore Geisel, encouraged them to write more stories. His advice launched them on a life-career writing and illustrating the Berenstain Bears books. The Berenstain Bears' New Baby, published in 1974, was the beginning of the First Time Books series. She wrote more than 300 books during her lifetime. The couple received numerous awards including the Children's Choice Award for The Berenstain Bears' New Neighbors in 1995 and the Ludington Award in 1989 for their work in children's literature. There have been television shows based on the Berenstain Bears books, as well as CD-ROMs and videos. She died after a stroke on February 24, 2012 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Coughing Catfish
- Original publication date
- 1995
- People/Characters
- Sister Bear; Brother Bear; Fred Bear; Lizzy Bruin; Grizzly Gramps Bear (father of Papa Bear); Old Jake (catfish) (show all 9); Actual Factual (professor); Farmer Ben; Bogg Brothers
- Important places
- Lake Grizzly, Bear Country
- First words
- When the Bear Scouts stopped by to check out the pier at Lake Grizzly, they weren't surprised to find Gramps fishing there.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It seemed very strange how Blackbear, the pirate ancestor of the Boggs who had almost killed Lake Grizzly, was helping to save it. But that's how things happen sometimes.
- Original language
- English
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- Genres
- Children's Books, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .B4483 .B — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- English, Spanish
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- 8
