I'm not deluded regarding this issue. I'm perfectly willing to accept that my memory fails to serve me correctly at times, but I don't believe it has in this case.
I'm not entirely convinced that this family didn't change the spelling of their name along the line. I vaguely remember a bit anti-Semitic, conspiracy garbage surrounding the Berenstain books as a pre-teen, and if I'm not mistaken, some of the Berenstain family became Episcopalians.
Of course, if I were find one of my books (purchased in the 80's) that were spelled with an a, I wouldn't know what to make of it. I'd be lying if I were to say that it wouldn't seriously fuck with my head.
Good for me, those books are long gone...I think.
I'm not entirely convinced that this family didn't change the spelling of their name along the line. I vaguely remember a bit anti-Semitic, conspiracy garbage surrounding the Berenstain books as a pre-teen, and if I'm not mistaken, some of the Berenstain family became Episcopalians.
Of course, if I were find one of my books (purchased in the 80's) that were spelled with an a, I wouldn't know what to make of it. I'd be lying if I were to say that it wouldn't seriously fuck with my head.
Good for me, those books are long gone...I think.
