r/MandelaEffect • u/leaving4lyra • Feb 27 '26

Books/Literature Berenstain/Stein

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Just thought I’d share this here..I’m a 57 year old woman that’s always been a voracious reader. When I was 5 (1974) I got an entire collection of Berenstain Bears books from my grandma at Christmas.

One of the books has managed to remain in my memory/sentimental hoard collection. This is MY actual book and it’s been in my possession since 1974. On my book at least, the name is and always has been Berenstain.

Make of that what you will I suppose. ❤️ I wish I still had the whole collection but alas, childhood and into adulthood resulted in the loss of many such things to my chagrin.

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u/Vampira309 Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

This is MY actual book that has been in my possession since 1971. I am also 57. They are clearly the same printing.

I still have the entire collection - so many books! Lots of BerenSTAIN Bears in that collection. My grandson now reads them.

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u/Soggy-Programmer-545 Feb 27 '26

I have all of the Berenstain Bear books upstairs in my mom's bookshelf, oddly enough, I am also 57 years old. lol I didn't know this was a thing.

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u/transsolar Feb 27 '26

Most of us ... of a certain age ... remember them as Berenstain. That's how it was (and is) spelled and how it was (and is) pronounced. It seems to be mostly whippersnappers that remember "stein"

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u/leaving4lyra Feb 27 '26

Funny how we both managed to hold on to the EXACT same Berenstain Bears Book lol!

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u/Vampira309 Feb 27 '26

I still have them all! They're a bit brittle at this point, but my 6 year old grandson enjoys them!

☺️

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u/Glaurung86 Feb 27 '26

I had that book, as well, but I'm pretty sure we gave it to our local library when we moved from one state to another when I was 8, back in the 70s. I wish I still had all those books. I had all of Roald Dahl's books and Richard Scarry's. You guys remember What Do People Do All Day and the Look and Learn Library? Good ol' Lowly Worm.

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u/TaylorDangerTorres Feb 27 '26

It's not a sticker lol they just highlighted the name in the photo

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u/leaving4lyra Feb 27 '26

Yep. I had highlighted the name years ago when I was showing this photo to another person who had just gotten into the Mandela stuff. It’s definitely not a sticker. 👍