Once upon a time, in a first-year drawing class at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, a "lantern-jawed exotic" named Stan openly admired the work of a shy, blue-eyed girl named Janice. It was kismet - and it heralded the birth of one of the great collaborations in all of children's literature.

So begins the wonderfully honest and enchanting tale of Stan and Jan Berenstain, co-creators of the Berenstain Bears. In their newly-released "Down a Sunny Dirt Road", Stan and Jan recount their autobiographical adventures (and some misadventures) that led not only to their enormously popular children's books but also to a romantic collaboration that continues still.

If you've ever wanted to know more about Stan and Jan Berenstain; if you've ever wanted to feel closer to the spirit of their work, this is the book for you. Learn about the authors' incredibly similar childhoods (and their markedly different backgrounds). Read about their inspirational relationship. And discover how a big tree house down a sunny dirt road deep in Bear Country has become an internationally recognized passage for generations of readers.

Enormously readable, packed with information, and great fun, "Down a Sunny Dirt Road" is a great curl-up-and-read treasure to be shared by every generation that has been raised on the Berenstain Bears.