{"id":1390,"date":"2025-12-21T14:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T14:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2025-12-26T12:57:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:57:32","slug":"b-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/2025\/b-41\/","title":{"rendered":"First Edition Identification: B-41 The Bear&#8217;s Picnic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><head>\n<link type=\"text\/css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" media=\"screen and (min-width: 780px)\" href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/css\/1stedition+780.css\">\n<link type=\"text\/css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" media=\"screen and (max-width: 780px)\" href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/css\/1stedition-780.css\">\n<\/head><\/p>\n<div class=\"wordscontent\">\n<h2>First Edition Identification<\/h2>\n<h2>Dr. Seuss Beginner Books B-41<\/h2>\n<h2> 1966 The Bears&#39; Picnic<\/h2>\n<h3> 1966 B-41 The Bears&#39; Picnic<\/h3>\n<p>Stan &#038; Jan Berenstain. <b><i>The Bears&#39; Picnic<\/i><\/b>. New York. Beginner Books:  1966. <\/p>\n<p><b> Pages#:  <\/b>64 pages. <\/p>\n<p><b> Book Description:  <\/b>Color illustrated boards wrapped in matching dust jacket. The third book in the Berenstain Bears franchise one of the most successful children&#39;s book franchises ever. An astounding 39 Berenstain Bears paperback books made the &#39;All-Time Bestselling Children&#39;s Books&#39; according to Publisher&#39;s Weekly.One of the &#39;All-Time Bestselling Children&#39;s Books&#39; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/childrens\/childrens-industry-news\/article\/28595-all-time-bestselling-children-s-books.html\">Publisher&#39;s Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also an early book in the groundbreaking Beginner Book series, written specifically to help children learn to read while simultaneously engaging and entertaining them.<\/p>\n<p><b> Pagination:  <\/b>Front fixed and free endpapers illustrated in color; [i] title; [ii] copyright; [iii] half-title; [iv] blank; 3-63 story; last page of story is on the recto of back free endpaper; back free and fixed endpaper illustrated in color. <\/p>\n<h3> Collectibility Context  <\/h3>\n<p>The first edition book in its original first edition DJ is a Very Collectible: Early book in ground breaking Beginner Books series, which changed the way children learned to read in America. Embraced by the public for 58 years with hundreds of thousands of copies sold. The Berenstain&#39;s created the Berenstain Bear franchise, monstrously successful within the children&#39;s book publishing industry. Early Berenstain Bear so some pop culture appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The Collectibility of a first edition American picturebook is comprised of specific factors, as explained in detail at <a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/?pg=\/factors\/index.\">Factors Affecting Collectibility<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Scarcity<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Collect ibility<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Illust.<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">1st Early Late<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Author<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Awards<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pop Culture<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Copies Sold<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fran chise<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">7<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">9<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">8<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">9<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">7<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">9<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3> Scarcity Context  <\/h3>\n<p>The first edition book in its original first edition DJ is Uncommon: There were 6 first editions found in the March 2024 survey, with an average price of $124, ranging from $200 to $45.<\/p>\n<h3>First Edition Book &#038; Dust Jacket Descriptions<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-BF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-BF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Book Front:  <\/b>Bound in glossy paper covered boards with color illustration. &#8220;The Bears&#39;\/ [Beginner Books logo top right] \/ PICNIC \/ By \/ Stan and Jan \/ Berenstain&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Note: Click on any of the book&#39;s images to see at larger scale.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-BB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-BB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Book Back:  <\/b>Bound in glossy green paper covered boards. Blank with no illustration or text.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><b> Book Spine:  <\/b>&#8220;[BB logo] BEGINNER BOOKS [black horizontal text] The Bears&#39; PICNIC     Berenstain    B-41 [black horizontal text]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-TP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-TP.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Title Page:  <\/b>&#8220;The Bears&#39; \/ PICNIC \/ [illustration] \/  By Stan and Jan Berenstain \/ BEGINNER BOOKS    A Division of Random House, Inc.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><b> Copyright:  <\/b>&#8220;(c) Copyright 1966 by Stanley and Janice Berenstain. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright \/ Conventions. Published in New York by Random House, Inc., and simultaneously in Toronto, Canada, by Random House \/ Canada, Limited. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-10156. Manufactured in \/ the United States of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-CP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-CP.jpg\" class=\"middle\"; style= \"width: 60%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-DF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-DF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Front:  <\/b>Color illustration matching Book Front. &#8220;The Bears&#39;\/ [Beginner Books logo top right] \/ PICNIC \/ By \/ Stan and Jan \/ Berenstain&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-DB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-DB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Back:  <\/b>Beginner Books DJ Back &#39;O&#39;: 1966 No BB Titles<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[The Cat In The Hat Beginner Book Dictionary (1964) front cover] \/ Here is where \/ BEGINNING\/ READERS \/ really begin \/ to read! \/ [four-lines starting with &#39;This amazing Dictionary by the Cat in the Hat&#39; \/ Now available for Beginners \/ in \/ [&#39;CITH BB Dictionary FRENCH&#39; cover] \/  FRENCH \/ [&#39;CITH BB Dictionary SPANISH&#39; cover] \/ and \/ SPANISH \/ too&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><b> DJ Spine:  <\/b>&#8220;[BB logo] BEGINNER BOOKS [black horizontal text] The Bears&#39; PICNIC     Berenstain    B-41 [black horizontal text]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b> DJ Price:  <\/b>195\/195<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-FF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-FF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Front:  <\/b>&#8220;195\/195 [top right] \/ The Bears&#39; \/ PICNIC \/ by Stan and Jan \/  Berenstain \/ In this third adventure of the Beren- &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ This time he takes the family on a &#8230; [&#8230;paragraph] \/ Papa keeps searching for the &#8220;per-&#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ The whole thing develops into a \/ wild cross-country marathon. \/ *  *  * \/ In addition to their hilarious draw- &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ This book comes from \/ the home of \/ THE CAT IN THE HAT \/ Beginner Books \/ A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE, INC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-FB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-41-FB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Back:  <\/b>&#8220;[illustration] \/ Stan and Jan Berenstain \/ (They are the two on the right. \/ The two on the left are models.) [illustration caption] \/ One of the great husband and wife &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ The Berenstains live and work in &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ They have done two other Beginner \/ Books about their bears: \/ THE BIKE LESSON \/ AND \/ THE BIG HONEY HUNT \/ (c)Copyright 1966, by S. &#038; J. Berenstain&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<h3> First Edition Identification  <\/h3>\n<p>First edition book states &#8220;Published in New York by Random House&#8221; on the copyright page and has &#39;B-41&#39; on the spine.<\/p>\n<p>First edition dust jacket is Beginner Books 1966 DJ &#39;O&#39; with an advertisement for The Cat In The Hat Beginner Book Dictionary (1964) along with the French (1965) and Spanish (1966) versions. See <a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/?pg=\/beginnerbooks\/beginnerbooksbacks\" alt=\"First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books\">Beginner Books Dust Jacket Backs<\/a> from Chapter 52 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0977939421\/\" alt=\"First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books\"><i>First Edition Identification Guide: Beginner Books<\/i><\/a>.No Beginner Book titles are listed.<\/p>\n<h3> Second Printings and Later  <\/h3>\n<p>Second printing book is identical to first printing.<\/p>\n<p>Second printing DJ is Beginner Books 1966 DJ &#39;P&#39; with 37 titles listed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"> <\/div>\n<hr style=\"margin: auto; height: 5px; width: 50%;\">\n<p><p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/?pg=\/beginnerbooks\/beginnerbooksfronts\" alt=\"First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books\">First Fifty Beginner Books<\/a> for first edition identification of the first 50 Beginner Books.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/?pg=\/beginnerbooks\/beginnerbooksbacks\" alt=\"First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books\">Beginner Books Dust Jacket Backs<\/a>  to see the chronological sequence of the Beginner Books dust jackets.<\/p>\n<p>All of this information is sourced from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0977939421\/\" alt=\"First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books\"><i>First Edition Identification Guide: Beginner Books<\/i><\/a> (2024, Flying Moose Books), by Stan Zielinski.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books B-41 1966 The Bears&#39; Picnic 1966 B-41 The Bears&#39; Picnic Stan &#038; Jan Berenstain. 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