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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
A beloved classic now available in board-book edition for the youngest reader.
Board Book, 25th Anniversary Edition, 24 pages
Published
September 15th 1996
by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
(first published 1967)
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Jan 19, 2008
Amanda
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone with children
Shelves:
picture-books
Many people may not like this book or think it is too simple a book, not really a story. I think this is a great book. My children love it. It is a perfect book for young children who are just starting to learn letters, their sounds, and words. It is also a great book for those children who may not be great readers. When I taught first grade, I had a few students who weren't able to read. Their confindence level was low and we had a really hard time finding good books that they were able to read...more
Now this is a huge hit with Baby A. (at 10 months). Most of the artwork--especially the "purple cat," for which A. snaps to attention--is lovely as ever, but there's a "teacher" picture that is just plain creepy. "I see a teacher looking at me." An early start to him thinking, "that can't be good."
I wasn't really into this book when I was little, but this is my daughter's favorite book- so I have to give it 5 star props. Whenever we get to the black sheep, she yells out "BAAAAAA!"
Many mornings she wakes up and demands, "BOOK!" and if I don't pick this one, she yells, "Noooooooo! BOOOOK!" until I read her Brown Bear...
Many mornings she wakes up and demands, "BOOK!" and if I don't pick this one, she yells, "Noooooooo! BOOOOK!" until I read her Brown Bear...
May 02, 2007
Efrain Guzman-Rosario
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Parents to read to children
Man!!! This is my all time favorite (Next to the Bible, of course)! Before this was a book, it was a hand out, that I received in Ft. Clayton, Panama in the Curundu Elementary School, where I learned English and refined it with Sesame Street/Plaza Sesamo.
I got this book to pass down an experience I once had.
I got this book to pass down an experience I once had.
Sep 15, 2008
Jfk
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Justin Smith and chimpanzees
Recommended to Jfk by:
Pilar
Terrible characterization. Blue Horse? What the heck is that!? The plot is monotonous and dull. And the ending...a montage of scenes from the book, and not even a good one! The only thing I can say in its favor is that you can probably get through it in a couple of days.
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Readings held nightly anywhere from 7pm to 8pm... GBS,jr. invites you to his crib for the "mommy special".
Great book... my son turns the pages himself now and I often find him reading it himself in the mornings.
What a brilliant children's author!
Great book... my son turns the pages himself now and I often find him reading it himself in the mornings.
What a brilliant children's author!
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I've been eyeing this in the book store and thought it looked neat but wasn't sure if I wanted to spend $13 on a brand new book that would just be drooled on and sat on and gnawed on and have the spine cracked while testing the physical limits on how far one can turn a page backwards.
And then great grandma sent it to us in a birthday package. Problem solved!
The first time we read this book my daughter had a reaction to every single turn of the page. She gasped, pointed and said things like, "OH!...more
And then great grandma sent it to us in a birthday package. Problem solved!
The first time we read this book my daughter had a reaction to every single turn of the page. She gasped, pointed and said things like, "OH!...more
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? breaks with a rule I've had about posting reviews of re-read books. Brown Bear was Sean's favorite book two years ago when he was at his last day care (before starting preschool in April 2006). It was one of those books he had memorized and Ian and I were able to purchase a copy based on his recitation of it (his memory is that good).
After our trip to Eureka and points north I found Sean's copy of Brown Bear while unpacking. I set it aside for him to read...more
After our trip to Eureka and points north I found Sean's copy of Brown Bear while unpacking. I set it aside for him to read...more
Jan 15, 2008
Chris
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
children ages 18 mos - 5
Shelves:
children-s-books
I have read this story with my kids (now ages 4 and 3) for many months. The book progresses along in a question/response fashion. The words are simple and repetitive and the colors are plain but vibrant. I like the fact that I can deviate from the story and the words on the page to encourage my kids to think about other senses (what does the brown bear hear?), other animals (what would you call a white bear?), etc.
Much like Eric Carle's other books, the simplicity appeals to my kids and it perm...more
Much like Eric Carle's other books, the simplicity appeals to my kids and it perm...more
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? By Bill Martin, Jr. is a picturebook intended for young Primary (P) readers. It is most definitely a beginner’s book which delightfully helps children learn colors and animals. However, the animals are not to be associated solely with the color in which they are depicted. The animals do not necessarily match their color; for instance, blue horse, and purple cat and not common.
Each page exudes a large boldly colored animal. One page asks what the animal se...more
Each page exudes a large boldly colored animal. One page asks what the animal se...more
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do you See?
Summary: This book incorporates different animals and colors. Each page is predictable by asking each animal what they see. The illustrations show whichever animal is mentioned and the specific color it is.
Response: I liked that the illustrations show exactly what content is portraying. The reason I only gave this book three stars is because it is so predictable. Students know which animal will be on the next page because it’s stated on the page before. I...more
Summary: This book incorporates different animals and colors. Each page is predictable by asking each animal what they see. The illustrations show whichever animal is mentioned and the specific color it is.
Response: I liked that the illustrations show exactly what content is portraying. The reason I only gave this book three stars is because it is so predictable. Students know which animal will be on the next page because it’s stated on the page before. I...more
Eric Carle's classic story focuses around the constant repetition of the phrase '_____, _____, what do you see?' based around different coloured animals, i.e. red bird, purple cat, yellow duck, etc.
Beautiful, bright illustrations make it engaging for very young children. I used it in the Nursery as part of an EYFS topic on colour. It is a great book for helping children learn and recognise colours and animals. The text also supports development of children' communication and language and literac...more
Beautiful, bright illustrations make it engaging for very young children. I used it in the Nursery as part of an EYFS topic on colour. It is a great book for helping children learn and recognise colours and animals. The text also supports development of children' communication and language and literac...more
I chose Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr with pictures by Eric Carle for my patterns and predictable book. I chose this book because my mother used to read this book to me when I was little and I remember really enjoying the pictures and guessing what each animal would see next. This book would be an excellent book to work on patterns and predictions with preschool and kindergarten students. The teacher could prompt the students to predict what each animal would see nex...more
A classic book of children's literature. Martin's tender rhyming and Carle's stunning, fabulous coloured illustrations make "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" a classic picture book that all children must read.
Brown bear, brown bear, What do you see?
I see a red bird looking at me.
Red bird, red bird, What do you see?
I see a yellow duck looking at me.
On each page, the reader asks a favourite animal what he sees in a rhyming tone; the animal responds with another animal.
With a simple questi...more
Brown bear, brown bear, What do you see?
I see a red bird looking at me.
Red bird, red bird, What do you see?
I see a yellow duck looking at me.
On each page, the reader asks a favourite animal what he sees in a rhyming tone; the animal responds with another animal.
With a simple questi...more
1. Genre: Concept Book
2. Summary: This is an engaging book that teaches basic colors and simple animals to young kids.
3. Critique
a. Repetition and Rhythm
b. The author uses a question-answer format motivate young children to learn while having fun. Its repetitive phrasing provides a rhythm for helping children recognize colors.
c. For example, the book begins by asking the question, “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?” The following page reveals the answer, “I see a redbird looking at me...more
2. Summary: This is an engaging book that teaches basic colors and simple animals to young kids.
3. Critique
a. Repetition and Rhythm
b. The author uses a question-answer format motivate young children to learn while having fun. Its repetitive phrasing provides a rhythm for helping children recognize colors.
c. For example, the book begins by asking the question, “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?” The following page reveals the answer, “I see a redbird looking at me...more
Reading Level: 1.4 (Lexile: 440)
Interest Level: Early childhood / Preschool
Genre: Picture book
Main Characters: Animals in the zoo
Setting: zoo
Point of View: Narrator
This is a very simple picture book for kids to learn their colors. The illustrations are very bold with simple animal characters on each page. There is a lot of repetitive wording such as “Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?” The brown bear will reply with what the bear sees and the story continues on to the next animal being de...more
Interest Level: Early childhood / Preschool
Genre: Picture book
Main Characters: Animals in the zoo
Setting: zoo
Point of View: Narrator
This is a very simple picture book for kids to learn their colors. The illustrations are very bold with simple animal characters on each page. There is a lot of repetitive wording such as “Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?” The brown bear will reply with what the bear sees and the story continues on to the next animal being de...more
Main Characters: Brown Bear and other animals
POV:
Setting: Anywhere
Summary
Brown Bear, Brown Bear is about animals and colors. This picture book is very good to read to kids in early childhood. The books starts off by asking the brown bear what he sees and continues by answering all different colored animals. The words in this book are simple and repetitive, easy for beginning readers that allow them to gain confidence. Also, even though the colors of some of the animals are not realistic (blue ho...more
POV:
Setting: Anywhere
Summary
Brown Bear, Brown Bear is about animals and colors. This picture book is very good to read to kids in early childhood. The books starts off by asking the brown bear what he sees and continues by answering all different colored animals. The words in this book are simple and repetitive, easy for beginning readers that allow them to gain confidence. Also, even though the colors of some of the animals are not realistic (blue ho...more
Grade/interest level: Preschool
Reading level: 440L
Genre: Poetry and Rhymes
Main Characters: Animals
Setting: Anywhere
POV: from animals
Summary:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a great book for early childhood readers. It has beautiful, bright, and bold colors that will grab any child’s attention. The books goes from animal to animal, starting with brown bear, asking him, “What do you see?” Brown bear sees Red Bird, who sees someone else, and the pattern goes on and on. It is a wonderful...more
Reading level: 440L
Genre: Poetry and Rhymes
Main Characters: Animals
Setting: Anywhere
POV: from animals
Summary:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a great book for early childhood readers. It has beautiful, bright, and bold colors that will grab any child’s attention. The books goes from animal to animal, starting with brown bear, asking him, “What do you see?” Brown bear sees Red Bird, who sees someone else, and the pattern goes on and on. It is a wonderful...more
Grade/Interest Level: Primary (K-2nd grade)
Reading Level: Lexile, 440L AD
Genre: Picture Book, Poetry
Main Characters: Animals, Teacher, Children
Setting: Where the animals are; Classroom
POV: Second Person [Narrator]
Summary: This book helps children to associate colors and meanings to different types of animals. The narrator asks various animals of what they see and then another animal would response after. This process is repeated with featuring a Brown Bear, Red Bird, Yellow Duck, Blue Horse, Gre...more
Reading Level: Lexile, 440L AD
Genre: Picture Book, Poetry
Main Characters: Animals, Teacher, Children
Setting: Where the animals are; Classroom
POV: Second Person [Narrator]
Summary: This book helps children to associate colors and meanings to different types of animals. The narrator asks various animals of what they see and then another animal would response after. This process is repeated with featuring a Brown Bear, Red Bird, Yellow Duck, Blue Horse, Gre...more
Grades:K-2nd
Genre: Poetry/Information Book
Main Characters: brown bear, green frog, purple cat, white dog, teacher, children, goldfish, red bird, yellow duck, and a blue horse
Setting: There is no setting to this book. It is only describing what is being seen.
POV: The point of view is from a narrator’s perspective.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See is a poetry and rhyming book. Each page has a picture of an animal or person. The narrator asks the characters what do they see, for example, it sa...more
Genre: Poetry/Information Book
Main Characters: brown bear, green frog, purple cat, white dog, teacher, children, goldfish, red bird, yellow duck, and a blue horse
Setting: There is no setting to this book. It is only describing what is being seen.
POV: The point of view is from a narrator’s perspective.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See is a poetry and rhyming book. Each page has a picture of an animal or person. The narrator asks the characters what do they see, for example, it sa...more
Fountas-Pinnel Guided Reading: C
Genre: Poetry
Main Characters: brown bear, green frog, purple cat, white dog, teacher, children, goldfish, red bird, yellow duck, and a blue horse
Setting: There is no setting to this book. It is only describing what is being seen.
POV: The point of view is from a narrator’s perspective.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See is a poetry and rhyming book. Each page has a picture of an animal or person. The narrator asks the characters what do they see, for example, it...more
Genre: Poetry
Main Characters: brown bear, green frog, purple cat, white dog, teacher, children, goldfish, red bird, yellow duck, and a blue horse
Setting: There is no setting to this book. It is only describing what is being seen.
POV: The point of view is from a narrator’s perspective.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See is a poetry and rhyming book. Each page has a picture of an animal or person. The narrator asks the characters what do they see, for example, it...more
Grade Level:K-1
Main Characters: Brown Bear
Setting: the outdoors
POV: first
Summary:
This is a great children's book that is full of many colors and animals. The book starts with "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?; I see a redbird looking at me" and then the narrator asks the redbird what does it see. The book continues asking the animals that were previously seen "what do you see?", with animals ranging from a yellow duck, to a blue horse, and a purple cat. The book introduces many animals a...more
Main Characters: Brown Bear
Setting: the outdoors
POV: first
Summary:
This is a great children's book that is full of many colors and animals. The book starts with "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?; I see a redbird looking at me" and then the narrator asks the redbird what does it see. The book continues asking the animals that were previously seen "what do you see?", with animals ranging from a yellow duck, to a blue horse, and a purple cat. The book introduces many animals a...more
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? written by Bill Martin, Jr. and illustrated by Eric Carle is a picture book intended for the Nursery(N) reader, ages birth through five.
The story begins with the author asking "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?" "I see a redbird looking at me." and from there the author continues this pattern with a array of brightly colored animals. Encouraging the reader to guess what could possibly appear next!
Rhyming verse and beautiful illustrations encourage...more
The story begins with the author asking "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?" "I see a redbird looking at me." and from there the author continues this pattern with a array of brightly colored animals. Encouraging the reader to guess what could possibly appear next!
Rhyming verse and beautiful illustrations encourage...more
Summary
Brown Bear, Brown Bear is about animals and colors. This picture book is a very good book to read to kids. The book starts off by asking the brown bear what he sees. The bear answers that it sees a red bird. Then the story continues asking the read bird what it sees and it continues by asking all the different colored animals and at the end of the story the children (which is the audience listening to the story) are asked what they saw in the book. The images in this book help the kids t...more
Brown Bear, Brown Bear is about animals and colors. This picture book is a very good book to read to kids. The book starts off by asking the brown bear what he sees. The bear answers that it sees a red bird. Then the story continues asking the read bird what it sees and it continues by asking all the different colored animals and at the end of the story the children (which is the audience listening to the story) are asked what they saw in the book. The images in this book help the kids t...more
There's no real plot here, just colorful pictures of animals and a repetitive pattern designed to get kids interacting with the book. My son LOVES these books. This is the third one that Carle and Martin teamed up on that we've gotten from the library, and the little man participates eagerly in the reading.
Personally, I don't think this one is quite as good as Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? or Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? as the pictures are less "realistic" and the animal...more
Personally, I don't think this one is quite as good as Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? or Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? as the pictures are less "realistic" and the animal...more
This was one of my favorite books when I was little. I never knew what it was about, or why it was my favorite, I just knew I loved the colors and all of the animals. I think that the point of this story is so that children more closely examine what the teacher is reading to them because it constantly repeats the words "what do you see?". It makes them pay more attention so that they can perhaps answer the question. I also loved the different colors that the author chose for the different animal...more
Grade level/interest level: Primary (1st-3rd grade)
Reading Level: Lexile level, 440 LAD
Genre: Modern Fantasy/Science Fiction
Main characters: the animals and teacher in the story
Setting:where the animals are and a classroom
POV: story is told by a narrator
This book repeatedly asks children who are being read the story the simple question of "What do you see?" In doing so the children are more closely examining each page, learning colors, animals, and how words rhyme. Each rhyme leads effortlessly...more
Reading Level: Lexile level, 440 LAD
Genre: Modern Fantasy/Science Fiction
Main characters: the animals and teacher in the story
Setting:where the animals are and a classroom
POV: story is told by a narrator
This book repeatedly asks children who are being read the story the simple question of "What do you see?" In doing so the children are more closely examining each page, learning colors, animals, and how words rhyme. Each rhyme leads effortlessly...more
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a great children’s book and is among one of my favorites to read as a child. It has a very similar look to The Very Hungry Caterpillar because Eric Carle was also involved with the book. The beginning of the book starts off with a brown bear asked what he sees. He responds by saying he sees a red bird. This is the pattern throughout the whole book, a new animal is presented but they are all different colors. By the end, we reach a teacher who sees chil...more
In Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See Bill Martin creates a rhythmic exercise in animals and colors. The book starts with the unnamed narrator asking a brown bear what he sees. The brown bear answers that he sees a red bird looking at him. The story then continues asking the red bird who it sees and the story continues onward with a differently colored animal finally ending with the children in the audience being asked what they saw.
Eric Carle provides his signature paper machete technique...more
Eric Carle provides his signature paper machete technique...more
I love the slide and find edition of this book! It is a great way to get kids involved in the book and make it more interesting to them. The interactive feature of the book makes it that much more educational because the kids are learning more than just educational ideas, but also their motor skills. What I like most about this book is that it teaches children their colors and animals and is an easy read. The pictures in this book are much more than just pictures. The pictures are the exact colo...more
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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...more
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