BERENSTAIN, Stanley and Janice. The Big Honey Hunt. [NY]: Beginner Books [1962]. 8vo, 64pp. Color pictorial boards. Color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations on every page. Upper and lower edges a bit rubbed, outer hinge beginning to crack but still strong, else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (a few chips and small closed tears around edges, spine a bit sunned). With a bookplate signed by the author/artist team, Stan and Jan Berenstain, laid in!

 

First edition. The first Berenstain Bear book, that introduced generations of readers to this beloved family! The Bear family has run out of honey, and Father Bear and Small Bear are sent to get more. But rather than just get some at the store as Mother Bear suggested, Father Bear decides to follow a bee and get fresh honey from the source.