Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Martin, B., & Carle, E. (1992). Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? New York: H. Holt.
Format: Board Book
Age: 1+


This board book follows a simple story line starting with "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?" and each subsequent animal replies with the color and type of animal looking at them. At the end of the story the goldfish sees a teacher looking at him, and the teacher sees a class of children looking at her. The final pages are a summary of everything in the book. This book teaches animal names as well as color names. Children can pick up on the format of the questions and be prompted to join in with the question. The illustrations are beautiful and contrast well with the white background. For the white dog, the background is black to make the dog stand out more. An interesting note on the illustration of the class, the class is multiracial with different skin,hair and eye colors.

Author's website: http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html