Bill Martin Jr.
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List Appertaining To Books Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin's Bears #1)
| Title | : | Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin's Bears #1) |
| Author | : | Bill Martin Jr. |
| Book Format | : | Board Book |
| Book Edition | : | 25th Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 24 pages |
| Published | : | September 15th 1996 by Henry Holt and Co. (first published 1967) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Picture Books. Animals. Fiction. Classics. Storytime. Poetry |
Explanation During Books Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin's Bears #1)
Subtexts: perspective, surveillance, paranoia!I had to read this aloud maybe a hundred nights in a row before I noticed what the text was plainly saying: everyone thinks they are being watched! And ironically, they are the ones doing the watching! From the titular brown bear who is certain that the red bird is watching him/her, each animal is watching an animal and projecting that the very animal they watch, is watching them!
In reality, none of the projected watching is happening. Each animal is watching a different animal, save for the children, who imagine that ALL the animals watch them, when in fact it is the children who gaze out at every animal.
Here are the lessons of the book:
-the people you think are watching you aren't
-actually, it is YOU who is doing the watching!
-animal colors in real life may vary from depictions [though Franz Marc painted some lovely blue horses and I do hope their inclusion here is a nod to him]
Describe Books Toward Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin's Bears #1)
| Original Title: | Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? |
| ISBN: | 0805047905 (ISBN13: 9780805047905) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Bill Martin's Bears #1, Slide and Find |
Rating Appertaining To Books Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin's Bears #1)
Ratings: 4.21 From 145030 Users | 3533 ReviewsWrite Up Appertaining To Books Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin's Bears #1)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Eric Carle.This is another great picture book by Eric Carle. You could happily read it aloud and enjoy it with a young audience. The children have lots of opportunities to join in, as the book focuses on using rhythmic and repetitive texts throughout. The illustrations are fantastic, a combination of bright eye-catchy colours with lovely examples of tissue paper collages used to represent the animals in the story.The book begins with the reader askingI have been an avid fan of Eric Carles works, especially of his well-known childrens book The Very Hungry Caterpillar and one of the books that Eric Carle had worked on that I did not get the chance to read when I was little was Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? which was also written by Bill Martin Jr. All in all, this was one childrens book that children should definitely check out!Since this story is extremely short, the summary will be brief.Basically, the plot of this book is about
Mom read me this today and I am not ashamed to say I threw a big fit. Not two days ago I heard my doctor specifically tell her that I can't see colors yet, and here she is taunting me with red, yellow, purple, green, etc. etc. GEEEEEEEEEZ! -M
The 2 year old "reads" this one to himself and it is adorable! (Although he doesn't always get the colors right, still adorable!)
I read this with my children. Classic kids book! They have memorized it they love so much!
A thought provoking meditation on race relations. The question we all need to ask ourselves is, what do you see?
Bold move to not order the animals according to the ROY G BIV spectrum. Makes it slightly more challenging to memorize. I'm almost there, though.My eleven week old daughter giggles like a maniac whenever I start reading this book to her, and she is particularly fascinated by the final page. Hence -- because of the maniacal gurgling and concurrent kicking -- five stars, although personally I found the narrative arc a bit flat.
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