Bill Martin Jr.

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Bill Martin, Jr. (1916-2004) was an elementary-school principal, teacher, writer, and poet. His more than 300 books, among them the bestselling classics Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See; Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear; Panda Bear Panda Bear What Do You See; and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, are a testament to his ability to speak directly to children. Martin held a doctoral degree in early childhood education. Born in Kansas, he worked as an elementary-school principal in Chicago before moving to New York City, where he worked in publishing, developing innovative reading programs for schools. After several years, he devoted himself full-time to writing his children's books. He lived in New York until 1993, when he moved to Texas. He...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 78,989 ratings · 2,762 reviews · 78 distinct works

	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 32,820 ratings — published 1967 — 33 editions	My rating:
	Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 25,640 ratings — published 1989 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 9,850 ratings — published 1982 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 5,289 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Chicka Chicka ABC by Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 1,413 ratings — published 1989 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 by Bill Martin Jr., Michael Sampson, Lois Ehlert (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 1,138 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 1,013 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin Jr., Lois Ehlert (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault, Ted Rand (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Barn Dance! by Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault, Ted Rand (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1986 — 5 editions	My rating:

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