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Jan and Stan Berenstain Books in Order

Jan and Stan Berenstain has written 400 books, published between 1962 and 2018. The first book is The Big Honey Hunt (1962) and the newest is The Berenstain Bears: Father's Day Blessings (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
400
Published
1962–2018
Pages on record
7,657 in 155 of 400 books
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Jan and Stan Berenstain wrote picture books about the Berenstain Bears. The run begins with The Big Honey Hunt (1962) and reaches 400 titles by The Berenstain Bears: Father's Day Blessings (2018). Family life, school, brothers and sisters, scouting, Christmas and Christian life supply the recurring subjects, and many of the books are told in rhyme. A median length of 32 pages places them with early readers. Publication peaked in the 1990s and the catalogue is likely complete.

The Berenstain Bears has been adapted into a PBS television series.

How many Jan and Stan Berenstain books are there?

Jan and Stan Berenstain has 400 books, released between 1962 and 2018.

Jan and Stan Berenstain Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 400 Jan and Stan Berenstain books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

There are 400 recorded titles, more than one list usefully holds. The 300 earliest are below; the series linked further down carry the rest, each in its own order.

  1. Cover of The Big Honey Hunt (1962)
  2. Cover of The Bike Lesson (1964)
  3. Cover of The Bears' Picnic (1966)
  4. Cover of The Bear Scouts (1967)
  5. Cover of The Bears' Vacation (1968)
  6. Cover of Inside, Outside, Upside Down (1968)
  7. Cover of Bears on Wheels (1969)
  8. Cover of The Bears' Christmas (1970)
  9. Cover of Old Hat, New Hat (1970)
  10. Cover of The B Book (1971)
  11. Cover of Bears in the Night (1971)
  12. Cover of The C Book (1972)
  13. Cover of The Berenstain Bears’ Nursery Tales (1973)
  14. Cover of The Berenstain Bears’ New Baby (1974)
  15. Cover of The Bear Detectives (1975)
  16. Cover of The Bears’ Nature Guide (1975)
  17. Cover of The Berenstain Bears’ Science Fair (1977)
  18. Cover of The Spooky Old Tree (1978)
  19. Cover of The Berenstain Bears Go to School (1978)
  20. Cover of Papa’s Pizza: A Berenstain Bear Sniffy Book (1978)
  21. Cover of The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone (1980)
  22. Cover of The Berenstain Bears and the Mysterious Numbers (1980)
  23. Cover of The Berenstain Bears’ Christmas Tree (1980)
  24. Cover of The Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor (1981)
  1. 1
    The Big Honey Hunt1962 · 63 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196263
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  2. 2
    The Bike Lesson1964 · 61 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196461
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  3. 3
    The Bears' Picnic1966 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196672
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  4. 4
    The Bear Scouts1967 · 62 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196762
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  5. 5
    The Bears' Vacation1968 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196872
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  6. 6
    Inside, Outside, Upside Down1968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968–
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  7. 7
    Bears on Wheels1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  8. 8
    The Bears' Christmas1970 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197072
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  9. 9
    Old Hat, New Hat1970 · 29 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197029
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  10. 10
    The B Book1971 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197164
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  11. 11
    Bears in the Night1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  12. 12
    The C Book1972 · 36 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197236
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  13. 13
    The Berenstain Bears’ Nursery Tales1973 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197332
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  14. 14
    The Bears' Almanac1973 · confirmed 1/4
    1973–
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  15. 15
    The Berenstain Bears’ New Baby1974 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197432
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  16. 16
    He Bear, She Bear1974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
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  17. 17
    The Bear Detectives1975 · 42 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197542
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  18. 18
    The Bears’ Nature Guide1975 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197564
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  19. 19
    The Berenstain Bears’ Counting Book1976 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197648
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  20. 20
    The Berenstain Bears’ Science Fair1977 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197764
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  21. 21
    The Spooky Old Tree1978 · confirmed 1/4
    1978–
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  22. 22
    The Berenstain Bears Go to School1978 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197832
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  23. 23
    Papa’s Pizza: A Berenstain Bear Sniffy Book1978 · 21 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197821
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  24. 24
    The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone1980 · 36 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198036
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  25. 25
    The Berenstain Bears and the Mysterious Numbers1980 · confirmed 1/4
    1980–
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  26. 26
    The Berenstain Bears’ Christmas Tree1980 · confirmed 1/4
    1980–
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  27. 27
    The Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor1981 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198132
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  28. 28
    The Berenstain Bears and the Sitter1981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  29. 29
    The Berenstain Bears’ Moving Day1981 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198132
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  30. 30
    The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist1981 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198132
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Jan and Stan Berenstain books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

300 books

300 Jan and Stan Berenstain titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jan and Stan Berenstain books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 300 Jan and Stan Berenstain books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Jan and Stan Berenstain

Start with The Big Honey Hunt (1962), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jan and Stan Berenstain book?

The Berenstain Bears: Father's Day Blessings (2018) is the newest Jan and Stan Berenstain book released so far.

Is there a new Jan and Stan Berenstain book coming?

No next Jan and Stan Berenstain book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Jan and Stan Berenstain at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jan and Stan Berenstain title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jan and Stan Berenstain books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
7,657 pages across the 155 of 400 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jan and Stan Berenstain books, 158 of 400, were published in the 1990s.

What the Jan and Stan Berenstain books are about

310 of the 400 Jan and Stan Berenstain books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: bears is tagged on 283 of 310. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.