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: My daughter doesn't care for this book and neither do I.
Summary: 1 Stars
Although I like the illustrations, in the words of my 7-year-old niece, this book is "Boring, boring, boring."Whenever I try to read it to my 10-month old daughter she takes the book from my hands and flings it across the room.
As others have said this book is repetitive, instead of a rhyming book:
"Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? I see a _______ looking at me" over and over substituting a new animal each time. It ends with a teacher looking at a class full of children wearing animal masks. It was a good concept, but actually reading it is boring.
The only book both of us hate more is Polar Bear, Polar Bear. But again, the illustrations are good there.
If you'd like a couple of VERY NICE Eric Carle books, choose instead THE VERY HUNGRY CATIPILLAR (my daughter loves turning the food pages) or THE VERY BUSY SPIDER (my daughter's personal favorite - she loves it when I make the barnyard animal sounds).
Book Review: My daughter's favorite!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have never written a review for anything on any site. But,I read the amazon.com reviews to help me choose some good board books for my daughter for Christmas so I know these reviews can be helpful. I hope I can convince you to choose this book for your toddler!! It is by far my 13 month-old daughter's favorite book. It is the first one we read each night before she goes to bed. I can read it every night and she doesn't tire of it. The pictures are awesome - very bright and attention grabbing. There are few enough words on each page that you can keep their attention throughout the entire book. It's also long enough that you feel like you've actually read something. It's the kind of book that you can keep interesting by the way you read it (I like to read each character's response in a different voice). It is one of the few board books that was worth what I paid for it. You and your toddler will love it!Book Review: A book for every young child's bookshelf
Summary: 5 Stars
This was the second book (Tana Hoban's black and white book was the first) that I read to my son when he was a few months old and read it again and again. He was fascinated by the bright pictures in the book and the rhythmic language. Brown Bear brown bear, what do you see? I see a _____ looking at me... As he began to recognize animals and moo like a cow and quack like a duck, the pictures began to take shape for him and he would recognize them for what they were drawn to be. Mr. Carle writes and illustrates wonderful books. My son who is now 3, close to 4, still enjoys the book and he can now easily anticipate which animal is on the next page. I have this book in the board book style and when my son began to "read" for himself, this was one of the books he would frequently reach for. Highly, highly recommended!Book Review: My daughter's favorite book
Summary: 5 Stars
I tried to interest my daughter in books early on (around 5 or 6 months) but she showed very little interest for a long time. She'd bat the book away, look elsewhere, or try to destroy the pages. I read in "The Read Aloud Handbook" that babies like simple pictures, so I picked up "Brown Bear" in the bookstore one day. For the first time, my daughter actually looked at the pages while I read a book. She's now almost 15 months, and she will choose this book over any other--she names the animals for me, and flips the pages back and forth, "reading" the book to herself. It's not the most interesting children's book I've ever read, certainly, but the rhyming and the pictures caught her attention, and got her interested in books. For that, this book is invaluable to me, and I'd recommend it to anyone.Book Review: Which copy are you on?
Summary: 5 Stars
Brown bear, Brown bear, What do you see?
I see my 6 month old son clutching one of his favorite books and chewing on the cardboard corners after I've read it for the 14th time.
Red Bird, Red Bird, What do you see?
It's almost 2 years later and a new copy is being clutched by my daughter as she teethes on the cardboard corners after my wife has read it again for the 14th time.
My kids love this book.
For the brightly colored illustrations.
For the sing-song pattern of the questions and answers.
And, yes, for the dense cardboard corners that they've gnawed, and drooled, and teethed on as they held one of their favorite books close.
I highly recommend Brown Bear, Brown Bear for your young children!
Kevin Decker