How do you pronounce Berenstain Bear?
Is it Berenstein or Berenstain Bears?
While many people (this writer included) distinctly remember the name spelled Berenstein (pronounced “-steen”), the actual name of both the bears and their authors is Berenstain (pronounced, as it would be, “-stain”).
Why did they change Berenstain to Berenstein?
According to Stan Berenstain’s son, confusion over the name has existed since his father’s childhood, when a teacher insisted that the name was spelled “Berenstein” due to the prevalence of names ending in “-stein”.
Why do people think it’s the Berenstain Bears?
The theory goes like this: The popular series of illustrated children’s books is officially called The Berenstain Bears (named after their creators), but that can’t be right, because we all remember them being spelled “Berenstein,” which means not that we were all wrong but that their spelling changed at some point in