Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
by Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle
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Book Reviews of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Book Review: An Attention Getter
Summary: 4 Stars
"Brown Bear, Brown Bear" and "Polar Bear, Polar Bear" are two of my 12-month old son's favorite books. The repetitive manner keeps him interested. He knows the rhythm and turns the pages when necessary for me. Although he cannot say the names of the animals yet, he does recognize them. He gets upset if he is looking for a certain animal, and it is not in "Brown Bear, Brown Bear", so he will go and pick up "Polar Bear, Polar Bear", and page through it until he finds the proper animal. At one time or another a certain color catches his eye, and he is only interested in that animal for awhile. At first it was the green animals, the peacock for example. Now it is the purple cat. Who knows what it will be tomorrow. But his favorite part of the book is the last page, where all of the animals are in front of him and he can point at them and I will tell him what each one is. I am positive this book will help him in animal identification real soon.After reading the book for the eighth time in a night the animals all begin to sound the same. But, it keeps my sons interest and attention, so it is well worth it.
Book Review: Formatting changed from the book I loved growing up
Summary: 3 Stars
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? was my favorite book as a child. So naturally, it was in the stack of first books I bought for my baby girl.
Now that she is 2 years old, she really likes this book. But not for the story. She likes to make the different animal noises and point out the eyes and tails and so forth. I'm sure eventually we will get to the text!
However, I'm disappointed that the text has been moved. It used to be a picture of a brown bear with the words "Brown bear, brown bear what do you see?" Then you would flip the page to a red bird and the text would be "I see a red bird looking at me. Red bird, red bird, what do you see?" And so forth throughout the book. Now the fist page says "Brown bear, brown bear what do you see? I see a red bird looking at me." Then you flip the page to see a red bird. Reading the other review here on Amazon I can see I'm not the only person that bothers. L. Lam pointed out that ISBN 978-0805092448 has the original formatting so I'd like to mention that as well.
Book Review: Not every child is a fan...
Summary: 3 Stars
I understand that Brown Bear, Brown Bear is a classic, much-loved board book, and I fully expected my daughter to love it as well. I had a copy of it waiting for her on her shelf when I brought her home, and I tried reading it to her numerous times between her first and second birthdays. However, she has simply never been very interested in it. She seems to get bored by the repetitiveness of the text, and usually just wants to skip to the last page where all the participating animals (and teacher) are identified. I have tried introducing her to other Eric Carle books as well, and she has responded to all of them in this same way (in contrast, she loves Dr. Seuss, Baby Einstein, Mem Fox, and Boynton board books). At 24 months, she is now into picture books like Olivia and Corduroy, so I think that our copy of Brown Bear, Brown Bear is destined for charity. It is a good reminder to me that not all classic books are equally loved by all children, and it may be worth ascertaining what your own child likes before making a purchase.Book Review: Grudgingly, a classic...
Summary: 5 Stars
Much like the jazz song accompanying my worst nightmare, in which every band member plays something different all at the same time, seeing one of my twin daughters approach me out of the corner of my eye carrying "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" brings about a cold sweat and makes me want to reach for a tube of airplane glue and a warm lager. I originally checked this out of our local library for them in the hopes of temporarily weaning them off the glass teat world of Barney, Little People, and Kipper, but little did I realize they would take to it like flies to garbage, memorizing most of it within a few hours. Shortly thereafter, I tried to hide the book but it kept reappearing until the mere sight of it became about as welcome as Roger Clinton backstage at a Marilyn Manson concert. My selfish motives and petty complaining aside, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" is full of colorful pictures, an easy-to-learn rhyming scheme and by its very nature is trance inducing to most kids under the age of 3. For that reason alone, it's a godsend.Book Review: An Enduring Toddler Classic
Summary: 4 Stars
This immensely popular toddler book features a procession of animals, introduced by the same chant addressed to the preceding animal: "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?" The animal answers, "I see a red bird looking at me." Then the page is turned to reveal a red bird, who is asked the same question, and answers that a yellow duck is looking at her. In this way a blue horse, green frog, purple cat, black sheep, and gold fish are introduced, who finally mention the teacher and children who are looking at them (presumably from outside the book, as well as being pictured in its pages.)
The predictable format, rhymic repetition, pleasing collage illustrations, and systematic introduction of colors with animal names have endeared this book to children and those who teach them since its publication 40 years ago. It has been translated into many languages and is read around the world. It is well suited to toddlers, and can also work as a confidence-building early beginning reader.