Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

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Summary: Animals, colors and sequences -- and so fun!
Review: This is another time-tested classic by author/illustrator Eric Carle. It opens asking a brown bear what he sees, and he replies, and the next page is the animal that he saw, and he is asked what he sees, and so on and so on.
As you might expect from Carle, his simple but wonderful illustrations are a big part of the appeal of this book. Each two-page layout is a colorful animal centered on a white background, and that's it. Kids will effortlessly learn colors and animal names as you read it to them, and maybe a little sequential logic. I'd say it's a great book for ages 1 through 5. (At least, my five-year-old still likes to sit in while I read it to my two-year-old).
-Andrea, aka Merribelle

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Summary: A book for every young child's bookshelf
Review: 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!

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Summary: Way to Go Bill Martin and Eric Carle! Great classic books!
Review: My son has loved this book and Polar Bear, Polar Bear since he was 1 1/2 and he is now 3. He learned his colors and animals as well as enjoyed the rythmatic way the book reads. He reads this book to me all the time from memory and it is a book we treasure in our house. My nephew has it now too and at 2 1/2 reads it to his mommy too!
Get this book! Take it out from the library and see your child's reaction if you don't believe me. By the time the book is due back, you will be headed to the book store to buy it!

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Summary: Your kid will love it. Will you?
Review: I have a love-hate relationship with this book. I love it because my son loves it. He is two and a half. He has loved it for a year--really loved it. Every time we go to the library he makes a bee-line for it. We sit and read it. More often than not we will attract other toddlers who will surround us and recite the text along with us. It casts some sort of spell on small children, I think. I do not own this book, however, because I HATE it. It is so repetitive that I wince as I read it. In fact, one does not read it so much as one chants it. The brown bear mantra. My son has the entire text memorized. We'll be in the grocery store or in the car and he'll start reciting it. Or I'll chant part of it and he'll chant the rest. Or we'll ad lib, inventing new animals with new colors: "Grey Mouse, Grey Mouse, What do you see?" I guess I don't really HATE this book; it's hard to hate something that gives you so much pleasure. But I'm not ready to own it yet. That said, I can't wait for my brother to have a child. He sent my son a noisy Thomas the Tank Engine book for Christmas. It beeped and whistled and hooted and basically drove me out of my mind. I intend to pay him back with "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See".

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Summary: Engaging for both mother and child
Review: I just happened to pick up this book one day for my then 9 month old, and it has become his absolute favorite! The pictures are simple, yet vivid, and my now almost 1 year old is completely engaged whenever we read it together. He loves flipping from one animal to the next (and back) and more than any other book he is beginning to "read" it to me (or at least is talking to the purple cat). I love the gentle rhyming pattern of the text as well as the illustrations. It is just perfect for early reading sessions.

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Summary: Simple animals and Colors
Review: Yes, I can recite this book by heart. Sometimes we leave the colors out, sometimes we shorten it, but it is a bedtime must. My son likes it when we make the animal noises, too. Good for animal and color identification. This is another book that is good for practicing baby sign language.

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Summary: How to Have Real Fun With This Book After 200 Readings
Review: Here's the way to keep this book fresh after multiple readings....start at the last page and read it backwards! My son loved it backwards and years later still can remember me reading "Bear Brown, Bear Brown, See You Do What?"

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Summary: Great Book
Review: My 2 1/2 year old LOVES this book! He was familiar with it because the daycare he attends always reads it. He received his very own copy of the book on Easter as a gift from his Aunt, and I cannot even describe the look of DELIGHT and EXCITEMENT on his face when he got it!! He immediately read it from cover to cover , and has been reading it every day since! Just the fact that he is reading the book to me, instead of the other way around, is amazing! Great book

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Summary: *yawn*
Review: My one-year-old daughter LOVES books. (She licks them, too.) There is nothing wrong with this book, really; it's innocent enough, it's certainly colorful...It just doesn't do anything for my kid. I'll be halfway through, and she pulls it away from me, throws it aside, and hands me something else to read to her. I think it's fine, but my daughter isn't impressed.

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Summary: Consistantly Requested!
Review: All three of my children LOVE this book...(Sam 6, Allison 3, and Cole 1). We have two copies in the house because they get read so much. The pictures are bright and beautiful and each of the children have learned colors, animals, and the fundamentals of rhyming from this excellent book. I also suggest "White Bear White Bear What do you Hear"...